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.
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
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Economics Weekly Quiz - 26 March 2021
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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.