This is a really powerful Economist film about one group's work in tackling the issue of marine pollution and plastic waste.

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Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!

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Optimism isn't Nouriel Roubini's stock-in trade judging by this piece in the Guardian.

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Both of this week's enrichment tasks for economics students are based on the extraordinary events in oil markets in the last few days. For year 13 students (and year 12's who would like to have a...

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Both of this week's enrichment tasks for economics students are based on the extraordinary events in oil markets in the last few days. For year 12 students the question posed asks them to consider...

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The owners of P&O, DP World (Dubai Ports World) have asked the government for a bailout worth £150m to keep the ferry operator in business, and see it through the coronavirus lockdown., having...

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Andrew Verity reports on the challenges facing tulip producers in the Netherlands. A good example of the micro impact of lockdown.

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This article is a reflection on the future of the EU which wonders whether coronavirus is its ultimate test of unity.

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Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!

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This story offers another interesting dimension to the economics of the coronavirus, with motoring organisations arguing that petrol retailers are ripping off consumers, in not passing on the...

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The bureaucracies of both the NHS and PHE are not fit for purpose argues Paul Ormerod in his latest article.

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This has been an amazing few days and weeks for the crude oil market with prices for West Texas Intermediate falling below zero.

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Here is a task which considers the difficulty of implementing the financial support and rescue programmes which the government has put in place since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.

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In the third of a series of weekly Enrichment tasks for economics students, here is a task which considers whether the extensive government measures being taken to keep economies going and to allow...

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This piece looks at the long term costs of lockdown for the UK economy

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The government's loan scheme has come in for criticism, with many arguing that it has failed to dispense funds quick enough, or to enough companies, in comparison with other schemes in Germany or...

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Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!

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This article by Tim Harford provides quite brilliant analysis and reflection and I urge everyone to take ten minutes to read it.

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Economists have a key role to play in any exit strategy from the coronavirus pandemic.

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In this task students consider the low wages paid to many of those who have been defined as key workers in the current crisis, and asks whether their roles should be recognised with higher pay,...

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