27th August 2014
Olive oil prices set to rise after drought hits supply
27th August 2014
Is Angel di Maria the ‘real’ record holder?
26th August 2014
Venezuela – fingerprinting as a rationing device.
Standard economic theory would tell us that for many goods and services, price acts as a reasonably successful rationing device. In most countries, food is subject to market prices, with welfare...
25th August 2014
Will Hutton argues for railway nationalisation
25th August 2014
Decoupling Growth and Environmental Impact
25th August 2014
New A Level Economics Specification Briefing
24th August 2014
Repugnant Markets | Alvin Roth
24th August 2014
Why inequality matters | Joseph Stiglitz
24th August 2014
Joseph Stiglitz on what makes a good economist
24th August 2014
How useful is economics? Nobel winner Al Roth
Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth (2012) gives his view on how useful economics is. For more on Roth's work in theories of market exchange in areas such as organ donation click the links below.
24th August 2014
IB Economics Induction- Central Themes
22nd August 2014
Developing Country Case Studies e-book
20th August 2014
New Infographic on Human Capital
A hat tip to Hannah Thomas who has spotted a new info graphic on human capital produced by the Office for National Statistics. You can find it here...
19th August 2014
BHP Billiton announces plans for a demerger
18th August 2014
High Charges for Remittances Choke Developing Countries
18th August 2014
Development Economics: The Fortunes of Nations
18th August 2014
Asian Development Bank Website
17th August 2014
Update on Student Numbers Taking Economics
17th August 2014
Cost Benefit Analysis: Swansea Tidal Lagoon
17th August 2014
Monetary Policy: Key Factors Affecting Interest Rates
This is a really excellent piece from Larry Elliott at the Guardian on some of the factors that the Bank of England will take into account when deciding the moment to move policy interest rates up...