Indian economic growth starts to outpace China
I was interested to read a few days ago that new data on real GDP has the Indian economy outpacing China for the first time in a long while.
Bank Funding - A Video to Explain Bank Funding Costs
In recent years the low level of bank funding for businesses can come under enormous scrutiny.
Tesla invests in battery banks
We store data in the cloud, might consumers and businesses soon be storing power in huge battery banks designed to smooth out the energy supplies from renewable sources such as wind and solar power?
Video of a talk on behavioural economics and public policy given by Dr David Halpern at the Marshall Society, University of Cambridge
External costs and the airports debate
UCAS Guide to Economics Courses & Offers 2015
The latest (2015) edition of my free, comprehensive guide to applying for Economics at University is now available to download here
Wind Turbines - Government Subsidies have Unintended Effects
There was a short item on the Channel 4 news last night that I thought was a good example of what we teach as an 'unintended affect' of Government policy which leads to failure. The example given...
Shouting at the supermarkets: is there a better way?
EVERY year, the supermarkets hire substantial batches of high-flying graduates to work in their buying departments. The urban mythology is that these expensively-educated young people are paid to...
Europe: No Country For Young People
Vox have published a splendid e-book "Europe: No Country for Young People" looking at the diverse experiences of youth unemployment in Europe in the recent past. It highlights the diverse...
The Renegade Economist - Is another Crash Coming
This four minute video from The Guardian is punchy and guaranteed to generate discussion - you may not agree with the sentiments but have a look and then take issue.
SMMA Economics Question Time: The Future of the British Economy
I am delighted to post details of a free student event on the British economy being organised by the economics team at St Mary Magdalene Academy in London.
Tim Harford on Thomas Schelling and War Games
Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, an economist who helped America and the Soviet Union to avoid nuclear war.
Reasons to be cheerful - Jim O'Neill on the Global Economy
Jim O'Neill was formerly Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs and is now Honorary Professor of Economics at Manchester University, a visiting research fellow at the economic think tank Bruegel, and a...
Poundland agrees a takeover of 99p Stores
Two of the UK's fastest growing deep discount retailers, Poundland and 99p Stores have agreed to become one although the deal is subject to confirmation from the Competition Authorities.
Martin Wolf on why trade imbalances matter
Why do huge external imbalances herald disaster? Martin Wolf, the FT's chief economics commentator, explains what happens when some countries spend much less than their incomes and so run big...
Australia lags in Commitment to Development Index
The Commitment to Development Index ranks 27 of the world's richest countries on their policies that affect more than five billion people living in poorer nations
Martin Wolf on Global Shifts and Shocks
Notes from a talk given on the global economy by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times
Fair pay, inequality and economic growth
Currency pegs around the world
There's a great graphic in the Economist to illustrate the currency pegs in operation around the world.
Micromax overtakes Samsung in India smartphone sales
Pricing in countries with a fast-growing middle class of consumers is an important decision for transnational businesses.