Financial Markets - Teaching the New A Level Economics
I'm guessing that you are starting to really get your head around the changes to the A Level in Economics now and are about to start the real planning for next year once the final A2 exams have...
A brilliant article in today's Guardian flags up the possibility of admitting more competition on one of the most profitable parts of Britain's rail network, the East Coast mainline. The current...
Markets are good, but we need clear signals
Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the general election result is the abuse which is now being heaped on the metropolitan liberal elite from many quarters. Theirs is truly a difficult mind set to...
Wow Business and Economics hits Hong Kong
Last week our flagship CPD courses Wow Business and Wow Economics hit the rather rainy shores of Hong Kong. Both events were delivered at Sha Tin College and attracted a group of teachers from Hong...
UK Manufacturing and the European Union
The general election is over and the British electorate now need to prepare to cast their votes in a simple IN/OUT referendum on the UK's continued membership of the European Union. If 50%+ vote...
China cuts tariffs on imported consumer goods
High import tariffs and an appreciating Yuan against the US dollar have been factors causing many middle class Chinese consumers to source their favoured Western consumer brands through overseas...
Is Globalisation in Retreat?
This article from Heather Stewart of the Observer (May 2015) considers the argument that globalisation is not inevitable and that the factors that have driven the rapid growth of cross border trade...
I have been reflecting on some of the major policy issues facing developed and developing countries and how they relate to the Edexcel Unit 4 economics course. I hope that this summary of key...
Mining for Polyhalite in a National Park
The Financial Times reports on plans to apply for the right to mine for polyhalite in the North York Moors national park. It raises many issues connected to cost benefit analysis. Will it be an...
Economics Revision Webinars with Geoff Riley
Latest Update: Monday 25 May
I am hosting a series of short, free revision webinars in the run up to the May and June papers. The listing of webinars is shown below together with the link for each...
Stiglitz on Falling Living Standards in the UK
This interview with Joseph Stiglitz in the Guardian is largely about the United States but there is also an important section on the UK in which Stiglotz highlights the steep decline in real living...
Cost of renting rises above £750 per month
A chronic under-supply of affordable houses to rent is shown by new data which reveals the average monthly rent stands at £774 in England and Wales, according to data from Your Move and Reeds...
China's inefficient farming industry
A revealing short film on the inefficient farming system that is hindering Chinese growth and development. According to the Economist, as middle-class appetites for food grow, China is past the...
A2 Economics Revision Seminars
A new set of revision webinars for A2 Economics students have been announced - here are the details - click on the links for free registration for the event.
Ghost Factories of Greece in Pictures
This photo stream from a journalist at Reuters illustrates in a striking way the damage that a persistent depression can have on the physical capital of a modern economy. Economists have a term for...
26 Nation African Free Trade Area Planned
This is important news for growth and development in the African continent. One of the reasons for the very low rate of intra-regional trade in Sub Saharan Africa inn particular is the over-lapping...
Joseph Stiglitz on The Great Divide
This is a video of a talk given in May 2015 by Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
Britain's Tourism Trade Deficit Widens
Tourism is becoming an increasingly big contributor to the trade deficit in goods and services according to new data from the Office for National Statistics. UK residents made 11.5 million visits...
Development Economics - Mind, Matter and Behaviour
The World Bank has become increasingly interested in behavioural economics as part of their evolving policy agenda for development strategies. Varun Gauri is senior economist at the World Bank and...
Rising non-standard workers and growing inequality
A new research report from the OECD has found a signifiant rise in the proportion of people in non-standard jobs, namely temporary and part-time work that offers less in pay, training and job...