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...
Why 1.5 million Britons are still hunting for a job
This Guardian piece looks at the current state of play in the labour market through the eyes of some relatively experienced, and skilled, jobseekers. The consensus is that the jobs market is...
Spain Outpaces Europe: Is This a Sustainable Growth Model?
At a time when major European economies are struggling with stagnation or outright contraction, Spain has emerged as an unlikely success story. In 2024, its economy expanded by a robust 3.2%, far...
Data Starter: Global harmful tariffs, 2023
Which countries had the most harmful tariffs in force in 2023?
In the News Teaching Activity – Why is the USA imposing tariffs on other countries? (Feb 2025)
The USA has threatened multiple countries with tariffs since Trump came to power.
Economics Weekly Quiz | 07 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: World consumption subsidies for fossil fuels 2010-2023
What happened to the world’s explicit consumption subsidies for fossil fuels between 2010 and 2023?
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates – What It Means for the UK Economy
Important update for A-Level and IB Students! The Bank of England has just announced a major decision—cutting the base interest rate to 4.5%!
Cracking the Cashew Conundrum: Ghana’s Battle for Value Addition
This article from BBC news provides an in-depth look at Ghana’s cashew processing struggles through the lens of economic theory, making it an essential read for students of development economics.
Water bills in England and Wales are set for their biggest rise since privatisation, with households paying more while investors benefit.
Data Starter: Global remittances versus foreign aid in 2021 (World Bank, 2024 data)
What is the relative importance of money sent or brought back by migrants compared to foreign aid?
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