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In the News Teaching Activity – Oasis tickets & surge pricing (Sept 2024)
Is it fair on music fans for ticket prices to surge during periods of high demand?
In the News Teaching Activity – a new government but how much will this affect economic policy? (July 2024)
Students will, no doubt, have noted that the UK has a new government. How will the Labour government tackle the economic problems facing the UK economy?
Many students will know of the business Shein, a firm founded in China, which has grown into a veritable giant in the world of fast fashion. Its entrepreneurial founder, Xu Yangtian, is one of...
In the News Teaching Activity – what are the UK’s strengths in international trade? (July 2024)
UK in a Changing Europe have scrutinised the UK’s recent trade performance and found some strengths in the changing pattern of trade post-Brexit.
In the News Teaching Activity – which industries and countries in Europe are attracting the most Chinese inward FDI? (June 2024)
MERICS explores the pattern of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) here. The report finds China’s greenfield investment in electric vehicles has become most important, with much concentrated in...
In the News Teaching Activity – is UK inflation going to stay in its target range? (June 2024)
In this Economics Observatory article, the prospects for the future of UK inflation are given close consideration. Is inflation likely to stay within one percentage point of its 2% target?
In the News Teaching Activity – has spending on education been high enough? (June 2024)
The IFS are looking at key areas of government spending in the run up to the General Election and this report focuses on education and school spending
In the News Teaching Activity – immigration is starting to fall, but is this too costly for the economy? (June 2024)
In this article, Jonathan Portes at the UK in a Changing Europe considers the potential economic costs of lower immigration.
At the end of May, the £ reached its strongest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum.
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK economic trends 2010-24, success or failure? (June 2024)
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) have put together their report on the key economic trends since 2010 – have things gone as well as they could have done, given the difficult economic headwinds?
In the News Teaching Activity – as the General Elections looms, what are the key economic arguments likely to be? (June 2024)
It would be hard to miss the news that the UK’s next General Election is on 4th July. Politicians are already rolling out all sorts of economic policy ideas to try to win the electorate’s votes....
Mariana Mazzucato argues that the ‘cloud’ data centres are huge consumers of non-renewable resources and that, despite big tech helping to enable moves towards net zero, it has its own huge...
In the News Teaching Activity – with inflation back in its target range, is the cost-of-living crisis over? (May 2024)
According to the ONS Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation has fallen to 2.3% in the 12 months to April 2024. However, according to Ed Conway consumers are still feeling the pain of the...
In the News Teaching Activity – does the water industry need stronger regulation? (May 2024)
The water industry is under ever-closer scrutiny after a parasite in the water supply was found to have caused a wave of illness amongst the residents of Brixham. This is not the only problem that...
In the News Teaching Activity – are the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer in the UK? (May 2024)
Last week the Sunday Times published its ‘rich list’ showing the UK’s 350 wealthiest people have wealth greater than £795bn. Meanwhile there has been an increase in child poverty.
In the News Teaching Activity – Why is the USA putting tariffs on Chinese EVs? (May 2024)
Ed Conway, Economics correspondent at Sky News, takes a closer look at the US decision to put an 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EV). He argues that there is a political reason for the...
In the News Teaching Activity – Will the Bank of England cut base rates this summer? (May 2024)
The Bank of England kept the base rate on hold at 5.25% at its meeting on 9th May, but indicated the next move may be downwards. Hot on the heels of the Bank’s Governor saying the UK was not...
The latest house price data shows a stagnation in house prices as the housing market responds to higher mortgage interest rates, but there are some regional differences.
In the News Teaching Activity – will Venice’s access fee have its desired effect? (May 2024)
This summer the City of Venice is trialling a new access fee of 5 euros to try and prevent over-tourism. Critics argue it won’t deter day trippers from visiting and is just a way of revenue-raising...
In the News Teaching Activity – why has the OECD downgraded its UK growth forecasts? (May 2024)
The OECD has just published its latest economic outlook and its forecasts for UK economic growth for 2024 have been reduced from 0.7% to 0.4%.