Economics Weekly Quiz | 21 February 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
Data Starter: Impact on USA and China GDPs from 2025 increase in tariffs
How is a retaliatory tariff war between the USA and China likely to affect their economies’ GDPs?
Renting in the UK: Why It’s More Expensive Than Ever
The UK housing market is under pressure, with private rents reaching record highs in 2025. Across England, Wales, and Scotland, rental prices have surged, widening regional disparities and...
Development Economics in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Markets - Livestream Notes
As we move into 2025, development economics remains a critical field for understanding global growth, inequality, and economic transformation.
In the News Teaching Activity – Coca Cola may increase its use of plastics as tariffs are set to increase the price of aluminium (Feb 2025)
An unintended consequence of the US tariffs on aluminium is that Coca-Cola may shift toward more environmentally damaging plastic packaging
UK Growth: Stuck in the Slow Lane – Notes from our Revision Livestream
As we move into 2025, the UK economy continues to grapple with sluggish economic growth, high inflationary pressures, and policy challenges that could shape the country’s financial landscape for...
Fiscal Drag in the UK Economy
Fiscal drag occurs when inflation and wage growth push taxpayers into higher income tax brackets or increase their tax burden without the government actively raising tax rates. This phenomenon...
Data Starter: Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean, 2019
Which continents cause the most plastic pollution in oceans?
Could Canada Join the European Union?
Could Canada realistically join the European Union? With growing trade tensions between Canada and the U.S., the idea of closer economic ties with Europe is resurfacing. But is full EU membership...
In the News Teaching Activity – Surprise growth for the UK economy in the fourth quarter, 2024 (Feb 2025)
The UK economy narrowly avoided a technical recession in late 2024, with GDP edging up by 0.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the ONS.
The Baby Formula Price Trap: How Branding and Regulation Are Costing Parents
Every parent wants to give their baby the best start in life. For many, that means choosing the right infant formula when breastfeeding isn’t an option. But the reality of the UK’s baby formula...
Economics Weekly Quiz | 14 February 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
Data Starter: Human Development Index vs GDP per capita 1990-2022
How do HDI and GDP per capita measures compare in economies?
Spring Economics Revision Livestreams on YouTube
Our Economics revision livestreams are back! Here are details of a cluster of four revision session on our YouTube Channel. Each session (at 5.30pm in the evening) will be packed full of...
Zonal Pricing and the AI Gold Rush: Who Wins, Who Loses?
The future of AI in the UK might not be decided in London, Cambridge, or Manchester but in the remote and windswept landscapes of Scotland. Tech giants Amazon and OpenAI are pushing for a radical...
UK Economy in Trouble? Flat Growth & Falling Living Standards Explained!
The UK economy is struggling—real GDP growth is sluggish, business confidence is falling, and real living standards are under pressure. With growth at just 0.1% in the last quarter and GDP per...
Airport Expansion With British Steel
The Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport is going to announce plans for a third runway, and that the project is going to use British steel in its construction. It's interesting, not least because of...
How solar panels can help address fuel poverty
The Resolution Foundation has suggested that the problems of the fuel-poor could be tackled if the government subsidised the installation of solar panels to reduce their energy bills. The...
In the News Teaching Activity – why is beauty company Estée Lauder cutting jobs? (Feb 2025)
Rising costs and uncertainty about tariffs are threatening profits for Estée Lauder, owner of brands such as Clinique, MAC and Jo Malone.
Lidl lifts pay ahead of minimum wage rise
The grocery retail sector is oligopolistic, which has implications for consumers, in influencing the way in which supermarkets price their products, but also for factors of production in the...
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