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Technology: The great job-creating machine
Ian Stewart argues that the characteristics of individual jobs change a lot over time. Does the emergence of and rapid adoption of new technologies create more new (different) jobs than it destroys?
Entrepreneurs taking on the tech giants
Every business can be disrupted. Here are three mini case studies from the FT of businesses looking to challenge the power of Google, Amazon, Uber and Tesla.
Strengthening Competition in Zambia
Competition policy matters for emerging & developing countries. Industries dominated by a handful of large suppliers can lead to higher prices which reduces the welfare of consumers and damages...
Trade frictions inside and outside of a customs union
This graphic displays one of the clearest contextual examples of trade frictions outside a customs union that you could possibly find. Gold dust for the classroom!
Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Gold dust for economics students and teachers! Michelle Baddeley author of a Very Short Introduction to Behavioural Economics picks out ten key things you should know about this aspect of the subject!
Development barriers - child labour in tobacco
An industry whose products kills millions of people every year is also challenged with allowing child labour to flourish in countries where extreme poverty remains rife. The Guardian investigates.
Behavioural economics - much of psychology is built on sand
Criticisms of economics have abounded since the financial crisis. Even Nobel prize winners like George Akerlof of Berkeley have got in on the act. A key demand is for economics to adopt a more...
Synoptic Shorts in Economics
Here are slides on synoptic economic issues used as revision for the June 2018 Paper 3 economics paper.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK in 2018
Important new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies especially for students and teachers wanting to top up their contextual knowledge about the key trends in inequality in the UK.
Getting to Equal in Mongolia's Labour Market
This World Bank clips flags up the growth in female participation in Mongolia's labour force, and the policies that have been adopted to encourage it.
Which of the 964 occupations listed in the widely used Occupational Information Network online database is the least susceptible for replacement by artificial intelligence-driven technology? The...
This is classic Guardian: but it might be a significant issue, nonetheless. The so-called 'carbon bubble' reflects a view that lots of companies whose value rests on their current share price will...
Topic Revision: Financial Economics
Here is a comprehensive collection of our study notes, revision videos and other resources for A Level Economics students revising financial economics.
Topic Revision: Labour Market Economics
Here is a comprehensive collection of our study notes, revision videos and other resources for A Level Economics students revising labour markets.
Development is multi-faceted: in this World Bank clip looks at a finance scheme that has sought to give poor urban families access to money to permit families to buy homes with adequate sanitation,...
300 Years of Government Spending
Perfect revision for students wanting the bigger picture on fiscal policy - the latest Monday Briefing from Ian Stewart at Deloitte looks at three centuries of government spending.
Vietnam: Improving Institutions to Sustain Development
A little World Bank clip emphasising the importance of institutions in fostering development in Vietnam. Institutions are key drivers of growth, and, development, and a hot topic for development...
Freer trade means more trade
Excellent for Theme 4 macroeconomics! In the last few years the pace of trade liberalisation has almost ground to a halt; to kick start global growth we need more free trade according to Ian...
Digital Credit Powers Entrepreneurship in Madagascar
What's not to like? Development, technology and micro-credit in one clip. This International Finance Corporation clip looks at how digital credit has helped small-scale entrepreneurs in Madagascar.
Sweden aims to be completely cashless by 2025
The FT reports from Sweden, a country that could become completely cashless by 2025 - what are the benefits and costs of a decisive move towards a cashless society?