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Brexit and Income Inequality
Wage inequality was partly behind the vote for Brexit. In this short video, Brian Bell argues that the costs of Brexit should be evaluated in terms of income distribution.
Commercial banks and capital requirements
What are capital requirements, and can they prevent future crises? This short video features Professor David Miles.
Economics After Brexit - Immigration and the Single Market
Free movement of workers within the EU is an essential principle of the EU. In this video, Jonathan Portes discusses the possible impact of Brexit on UK immigration.
Natural resource driven growth reaching limits in Chile
The natural resource-based economic model is starting to show its limits says a new review of the Chilean economy published by the OECD. And Chile must implement measures to stem environmental...
Maximum sustainable debt
Here is a new concept to me but one relevant to year 2 macroeconomic debates about the scale of sovereign debt owed by developed and developing countries.
What is China's New Silk Road?
China has launched a new One Belt One Road strategy (known as OBOR). The stated goal of this strategy is to “promote economic prosperity of the countries along the Belt and Road and regional...
Product Differentiation at Rosa Brothers Milk Company
Three Economics Professors from California head on a road-trip to look at how milk farmers are using product differentiation to achieve commercial viability in a market where the state of...
GREXIT: is it still possible?
After three emergency bailouts and the biggest debt restructuring in history, Greece was nearly at the verge of leaving the EMU.
Current account deficits - when to act?
What are Current Account Deficits, and what should countries do (if anything) when they occur?
Solar Power - Growth and Development in Bangladesh
A short but important mini case study of how investment in renewable capacity can drive sustainable growth and development in Bangladesh. More than 3.5 million solar home systems have been...
Irregular gaps between recessions
The gaps between recessions are in fact pretty irregular. For example, there was one in 1956 and another in 1957. The recession of 1973 was followed quickly by the one in 1975. In contrast, there...
Youth Unemployment in Spain
I have used this superb 2015 news report from Channel 4's Matt Frei when teaching the economics of youth unemployment. He visits a small town outside of Madrid where the majority of young people...
The Queen’s 90th birthday has quite rightly dominated the media over the past week. Her Majesty continues to break all sorts of records, spending longer on the throne than Queen Victoria and being...
UK Treasury's Analysis of Brexit
The UK Treasury has produced a lengthy document outlining the economic case for remaining inside of the European Union. Naturally the publication led to a fierce debate about the accuracy of their...
Views of Economists on Brexit
Here is a selection of short interviews with leading academic economists on the issue of Brexit. The interviews on Brexit were recorded at the Royal Economic Society annual conference at The...
Why the Minimum Wage Worked
It is nearly twenty years since the landmark research of Card and Krueger on the effects of minimum wages on employment in US fast food restaurants argued that higher wages might lead to a rise in...
I've been doing some research today on macro economic policy conflicts in preparation for a hoped-for joint webinar between the Bank of England and tutor2u as the next instalment of our...
Macroeconomic Profile for Zambia
This is an updated three slide economic profile for Zambia. It looks at the main macroeconomic indicators and provides an evaluation of the main barriers to growth and development facing this...
Macroeconomic Profile for China
This blog provides a download link to a 3 slide powerpoint economic profile for the Chinese economy
Social Safety Nets to Support Growth and Development
10 per cent of the world's population live in countries that are not covered by social safety net systems and only one third of the poor in the world are covered. Social safety nets in the form of...
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