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China's Great Economic Slowdown
The Chinese economy was forecast to recover at pace in the aftermath of the pandemic: however, it hasn't. Troubles in the property sector, to the extent that property prices are falling in some...
Sustainable Cocoa Farming Yields Carbon Credits for Ghana
This World Bank clip highlights how the REDD+ programme is helping Ghanaian cocoa farmers operate in a more sustainable manner, and in doing so generating carbon credits that will ensure that they...
Philippines: What a Fish Farm Can Teach Us About Migration
This brilliant World Bank clip looks at the importance of outward migration for developing economies, such as the Philippines.
Improving our definition of economic recession
The technical definition of an economic recession is a fall in the level of real national output (GDP) over a period of two consecutive quarters (at least 6 months). But an economic recession might...
What is Bidenomics?
Bidenomics is a term used to describe the economic policies of President Joe Biden. Bidenomics is based on the principles of fiscal stimulus, infrastructure investment, and tax fairness. Bidenomics...
What are loss leaders? Are they ethical?
This short looks at some of the arguments surround loss-leading by businesses such as supermarkets. A loss-leader is a pricing strategy where a business sells a product below average cost hoping to...
This BBC clip looks at the adverse effects of nickel mining in Indonesia. Given the increased global demand for nickel, this implies that the associated negative externalities are going to be...
Why does the UK have the highest inflation in G7?
This excellent Newsnight video from Ben Chu looks at why British inflation exceeds those of any other G7 country, with core inflation still 6.8% and still rising. So what factors contribute to this...
Are we returning to the price controls of the 1970s?
Larry Elliott writing in the Guardian seeks to draw out both the similarities and the differences between the price controls of the Heath government in the 1970s, and the attempt by the Sunak...
Mariana Mazzucato, author of the Entrepreneurial State, writes in the Guardian about how Britain is failing to match the USA and the EU in its response to the Inflation Reduction Act.
This World Bank clip looks at the prospects for sustainable development for Brazil's Amazonian states, starting from the premise that the forest effectively contributes $317bn to the Brazilian...
In this fifteen minute video we look at aspects of the fast-growing market for streamed video on demand, dominated by scaled businesses such as Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Hulu, Sky and others. The...
This new video provides some context on the economic, social and political crisis facing Rwanda - hopefully useful application for Economics students revising growth and development.
Globalisation - How Mexico is Becoming the New China
This Wendover Productions clip looks at how the US-China trade war started to change US trade patterns, and how the coronavirus and its effect upon global supply chains, and lately the Ukraine war...
Here is a new video providing some context on the economic, social and political crisis facing Sri Lanka - hopefully useful application for students revising growth and development.
How can heavy industry decarbonise?
This clip looks at the attempts of heavy industry to decarbonise, not least the chemical sector. It highlights some familiar themes, not least the need for better information in the market, the...
This Insider Business clip looks at the trade-off between economic growth and Mexico's infrastructure and culture.
To what extent is Peru's shift to blueberry production a good thing from a development perspective. Peru is now the world's largest blueberry exporter as they start to take advantage of an emerging...
The UK government has increased corporation tax from 19% to 25% from April 2023. This is the first increase in corporation tax in over a decade. The government has said that the increase is...
Industry Profile - The Student Rented Accommodation Market
In the latest of our industry profiles, we look at the rapid growth of the private purpose built student accommodation market. With operating costs rising, what will happen to businesses building...