Subnormal profits: LG exits the smartphone industry
A decade ago the South Korean conglomerate LG looked poised to be a major global force in smartphones but they have just announced that they are exiting the industry.
Regional Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Two IMF economists look at inequality in a sub-Saharan African setting using a variety of measures - traditional measures looking at household incomes, supplemented by newer indicators looking at...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 02 April 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!
Economics Weekly Quiz - 26 March 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!
Community Solar and the Drive towards Decarbonisation
A new business model is looking at how to encourage the adoption of residential solar power in low-income parts of the US.
Request a Bank of England Speaker for your school
After receiving lots of positive feedback from the tutor2u community, we thought we'd take a look at the Bank of England’s school visits programme that gives state schools the opportunity to invite...
UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster'
The UK's workforce is set to fall drastically short of the demand for IT and digital skills if big changes aren't made to how young people are prepared for the world of work, according to The...
ScotRail to be Nationalised in 2022
After the decision of the Welsh government to renationalise railways, the Scottish government is going to follow suit in 2022.
Hospitals face disruption as PFI contracts end
The Private Finance Initiative was conceived as a way of funding infrastructure spending, and getting it off the government's balance sheet.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 19 March 2021
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Young Kenyan Woman Transforms Waste into Sustainable and Affordable Building Materials
The ingenuity of people is limitless. A young Kenyan entrepreneur is making affordable building materials out of recycled plastics.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 12 March 2021
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This is a superbly relevant short video on development economics from the Financial Times as part of their series on the food revolution.
Biden's huge fiscal stimulus bill is approved
Joe Biden's massive fiscal stimulus programme has passed through Congress meaning that most Americans are going to receive a one-off payment of $1,400, and that unemployment benefits is going to...
Will Covid-19 disrupt the global vaccine market?
We are studying the economics of vaccines and it is also one of the titles for the 2021 Durham University economics essay prize - so this new film from the FT is handy to say the least!
Portable and digital retailing - Sweden leads the way
Although Amazon has just launched a staff-less store in London, it is Sweden that leads the way, with small grocery chain Lifvs leading the way in rural locations.
What Makes Blood Plasma So Expensive?
Business Insider highlights the fact that the US supplies two-thirds of the world's plasma - at a cost of $2.7 billion a year.
Economics of renewable - China leads world's biggest increase in wind power capacity
The scale of Chinese development in many sectors is staggering - and when they put their mind to something, they generally do it.
How covid-19 is boosting innovation
A year on from the WHO confirming covid-19 as a global pandemic, this excellent Economist clip considers how Covid has accelerated innovation in a number of sectors.
Investing in Childcare to Build Human Capital
This World Bank clip looks at the importance of Early Years education, and the absence of poor quality childcare, to development.