Gender pay inequality in the UK

Appalling, reports Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/uk-wage-inequality-women-paid-less-than-men/3953227768001

Minimum wage in Santa Fe, USA

Thanks to Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/sante-fe-leads-the-way-in-us-wage-laws/3971856556001

Qatar moves towards a more sustainable economic growth model

......by recycling water, reports Aljazeera


http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/water-recycling-keeps-gulf-afloat/3998354290001

What is quantitative easing?

Explained in 70 seconds by the BBC


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30937023#
and Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/kamahl-santamaria-explains-the-expected-effects-of-the-programme/4004896389001

Plain cigarette packaging heads for the UK

A decisive action to reduce market failure? I hope so, but time will tell


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30920285#

Protectionism and free trade: Cuba and the USA

More "normalisation" reports the BBC


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-30844329#

Inequality in Scotland; the rise of food banks

A depressing video form the BBC (unless that is you believe that the free market with little government intervention is best)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30857423#

The effect of the rising Swiss Franc

Bad for exporters, but what about the Swiss inflation rate.? The BBC reports


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30845248#

The falling oil price; winners and losers

On both a micro and macro level, this BBC clip makes interesting viewing


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30711701

The liquidity trap explained

Thanks to economicshelp for this explanation


http://econ.economicshelp.org/2009/10/liquidity-trap-explained.html

Why has the price of milk been falling?

Ch4 explains


http://www.channel4.com/news/how-did-milk-become-cheaper-than-bottled-water-video

UK debt

Lots of data in this economicshelp post


http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1870/economics/uk-debt-burden/

How useful is pareto efficiency?

Useful post from economicshelp


http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/12643/economics/useful-pareto-efficiency/

How the inflation rate varies between different income groups?

Thanks to tutor2u for pointing me to this ONS post


http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/elmr/variation-in-the-inflation-experience-of-uk-households/2003-2014/sty-variation-in-the-inflation-experience-of-uk-households.html

Why some inflation is seen as a good thing

Great article from the BBC


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30778491?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The price mechanism and allocative efficiency

Nice post from tutor2u


http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/using-the-price-mechanism-to-boost-allocative-efficiency-car-parking-charge?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economics_news+%28tutor2u+Economics+Blog%29#When:16:56:00Z

The history of the CPI basket

2 articles from the BBC (click the tab to get the second story) explaining some of the ins and outs of the CPI basket


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30828142

The problems of enforcing the minimum wage

Some well known firms appear to be breaking the law according to this Sky story


http://news.sky.com/story/1408190/minimum-wage-firms-named-and-shamed

CPI Inflation falls to a record low

This Ch4 video explains why


http://www.channel4.com/news/inflation-drops-to-record-low-as-oil-prices-tumble


as does this Sky post


http://news.sky.com/story/1406965/inflation-at-joint-lowest-level-on-record


and the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30795666#


and this one questions whether it's all good news


http://news.sky.com/story/1407096/why-record-inflation-fall-is-not-all-good-news


as do these posts from Robert Peston


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30795424
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30778484

Deflation in the Euro zone

Yes and no, it appears from this BBC clip; it depends how you measure it


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30708069#

Conainer ships; even more economies of scale

Over the years I've posted links to stories about ever larger container ships. Here's the new King of the container ships able to carry 19,100 containers with 20 crew


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30720824#


Mindboggling!

Why has the $ appreciated?

Well, obviously, it's to do with supply and demand but this economicshelp post adds some reasons


http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/12596/us/reasons-for-rise-in-value-of-the-dollar/

How has the UK recovered from the recession?

An interesting graph in this post from economicshelp comparing the recovery in GDP per capita in the UK to France and the USA


http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/12576/economics/the-uk-recovery-compared/

How wages are determined: The £1000 a week bricklayers

Nice blog post from tutor2u


http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/the-labour-market-and-foreign-bricklayers-on-1000-a-week?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economics_news+%28tutor2u+Economics+Blog%29#When:13:17:00Z

Germany introduces a minimum wage

As reported by Aljazeera
http://bcove.me/rmiu6dwz

Polluted beaches and negative externalities

Clear example from Aljazeera


http://bcove.me/icnjz90u

Why are petrol prices falling?

All is made clear from this excellent BBC clip


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30645183#


and this one http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30691883

Cigarettes; a demerit good

Great example of information failure in this BBC report


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30622523#

New Scottish regulation: No smoking in cars carrying children

The BBC explains why


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30502175# and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30526176#

Cleaning up Delhi's air

The problem and government response is reported by the BBC


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30647598
and this from Aljazeera
http://bcove.me/t9k7i9ub

Increasing demand for premium gin

......reports the BBC


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30640804