King’s Cambridge Entrepreneurship Lab Entrepreneurial Essay Competition
There is a lot of student interest in the new essay competition launched by King's College Cambridge. This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for entries is 26th September 2023.
Introducing the A-Level Economics Diagram Bank for Teachers
Would you like to save hours creating your own diagrams for A-Level Economics lessons, activities and resources? This new, free Economics Diagram Bank for Teachers might help!Each diagram in this...
Dynamic Pricing - Leading pub brand plans to charge more at peak times
The owners of the Slug & Lettuce and Yates’s pub brands plan to raise prices at 800 venues during peak times to help cover soaring costs. Dynamic pricing is used in many sectors ranging from...
Development Economics - Have we reached Peak China?
This Amy Hawkins piece in the Guardian highlights two important aspects of China's recent development - the extent of poverty reduction, which represents a significant part of global poverty...
In the News Teaching Activity: Vaping and Negative Externalities (Sept 2023)
Poor recycling of disposable vapes is creating negative environmental externalities. Have a go at this free teaching activity, which includes a downloadable worksheet and suggested answers.
Government Intervention - Is it Time for a Meat Tax?
The Financial Times has published a new video on the arguments for and against a meat tax. Would a new tax help curb global meat production and consumption and help reach targets for...
Micro-policies to tackle unemployment
Macroeconomic outcomes have microeconomic foundations! This Guardian article looks at a localised scheme to tackle unemployment, which takes a highly personalised approach to trying to get some of...
Economics Weekly Quiz | 08 September 2023
A warm welcome back to the new term! Here's the first weekly economics news quiz of the academic year!
Why is the Argentinian economy in such a mess?
An excellent Economist piece that looks at the state of the Argentinian economy, with an economy in pieces - crippled by hyperinflation - and as a result, an extreme candidate well-placed to win...
Competition Authority to investigate high fees and low price transparency in the UK vet market
The Competition and Markets Authority are looking into the veterinary sector, concerned about how much people are being charged for treatment, largely as a result of a lack of price transparency in...
Global Development - The Importance of Remittances
This IMF clip looks at remittances, and their impact on developing economies. It acknowledges the greater ease of transferring resources, and the importance of this income in boosting growth and...
Competition Policy in Action! EU looks to curb the power of big tech firms
It looks like the EU is looking to curb the market power of big tech firms via its new Digital Markets Act, that is seeking to increase competition in the sector. One way of doing this is to give...
In the News Teaching Activity: UK House Prices Are Falling More Rapidly (Sept 2023)
House prices have fallen by 5.3% in the year to August according to Nationwide. Have a go at this free teaching activity, which includes a downloadable worksheet and suggested answers.
De-merit goods - possession of laughing gas to be made illegal
Nitrous oxide is the second most commonly used drug among 16 to 24-year-olds in England. The UK government has announced that possession of the drug will be made illegal by the end of 2023.
Why Globalisation needs a revamp
Robin Niblett looks at how globalization has altered in the past 15 years, with the global financial crisis and its aftermath reflecting the geopolitical realities of international trade.
Nigeria cuts fuel subsidies and the traffic jams disappear!
This sort of article is economic gold dust: it could be microeconomic, looking at the effect of removing fuel subsidies and efficiency, or macroeconomic, looking at how microeconomic policy has...
LSE Centrepiece Magazine - Free Copy for Teachers
Every term, CentrePiece, the magazine of the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, features the latest policy-focused work from the world-renowned economics institute – and it is available free to...
Best wishes for a new school year
We send our warmest best wishes as a new school and college year begins in earnest. Here is a quick summary of some of the new resources and courses that the Economics team at tutor2u are providing...
An upgrade in the UK’s growth rate shows the economy grew more quickly after the pandemic than previously thought. Have a go at this free teaching activity, which includes a downloadable worksheet...
Stiglitz on the need for economic reforms to salvage democratic politics
Joseph Stiglitz argues here that tackling inequality is essential if we are to continue to have functioning democracies, and argues that we need to tax the rich more.