Price discrimination: BT broadband offers low price deal for families on Universal Credit
Low-income customers in receipt of Universal Credit are set to receive a 50% discount on fibre broadband packages.
Ken Rogoff argues here that the greatest threat to global stability is inequality between nations, rather than inequality within nations
A company where colleagues decide your salary
This look at an Argentinian software company highlights a radical approach to organisational structure, industrial relations and wage determination.
Soccer clubs have traditionally not even attempted to maximise profits. Their principal motivation has been to maximise costs.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 30 April 2021
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Durham University Economics Society Essay Competition 2021
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Economics Weekly Quiz - 23 April 2021
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Negative Externalities and Inequality - Communities Battle Incinerators in Baltimore
Most incinerators in the USA are located in low income areas, damaging underlying health conditions for many people who live there. Some local communities are fighting back.
Import Tariffs: Why Are Cars So Expensive In Tunisia?
Only one in eight cars imported into Tunisia is a new car. The vast majority are used vehicles yet they still sell at vastly inflated prices.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 16 April 2021
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Experience Curves: Why expanding renewable energy output will lower the cost of supply
For many products, increases in cumulative production are associated with decreasing unit cost as suppliers move down the experience curve.
Moral hazard: Does vaccination increase risk-taking behaviour?
New research finds evidence of increased risk-taking behaviour after flu vaccination, which can counter the vaccine’s effectiveness.
This extended piece by Ijeoma Ndukwe from BBC Business is a superb read on the challenges of overcoming dependency on cocoa growing in Ghana.
Elasticity of Supply: Booming Ketchup Demand
Soaring demand for individual sachets of tomato ketchup drove their price up by 13% in 2020 as supply did not keep pace.
Supply and demand in action here with news that exceptional frosts in France have caused significant damage to French wine-growers.
IMF predicts strong rebound in the global economy
The latest IMF forecast predict faster than expected recoveries in 2021 and 2022 for both the global economy and the UK.
Dynamic efficiency - the search for better batteries
Lithium-ion batteries dominate battery storage in the world economy but, as this FT short video explains, the hunt is on for alternatives.
Two economists - Martin Wolf (FT) and Daron Acemoğlu - lead a discussion on how disruptive technologies are affecting our economy and society.
This video is a good application of elasticity of supply - namely the capacity of some of the world's biggest ports to cope with surging demand as the global economy rebounds in 2021.
The payment (or avoidance) of corporate taxes is one of the most pressing issues in global economics at the moment.