Money!

An interesting article about what we mean by "money" from tutor2u http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-future-of-cash-1

The supply curve for steel

As the price falls, some firms stop producing as they cannot produce profitably. This appears to be the fate or Redcar, reports the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-34380108

Dismaland and the multiplier effect

So reports the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34372662

Information failure: Tattoo removal

Good example of information failure from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34368207

UK national debt

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/334/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/

Winners and losers from low interest rates

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14553/interest-rates/who-benefits-from-low-interest-rates/

Inflation data

Thanks to economics help fot this data
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5720/economics/inflation-stats-and-graphs/

The claimant count: Explanation and data

Thanks to economicshelp for this

http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14529/unemployment/claimant-count-unemployment/

Unemployment data

Thanks to economicshelp for this

http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5695/alevel/unemployment-stats-and-graphs/

Automated milk processing

A good example of capital intensive production from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34266212

Is instant coffee an inferior good?

Tutor2u pose the question
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/coffe-snobs-who-refuse-to-drink-instant

Free sun cream in Miami; a way to reduce market failure?

Nice story from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34153206

Environmental damage from Indonesian tin mining

Thanks to Aljazeera for this report

http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/illegal-indonesian-tin-mining-damaging-environment/4426342686001

Assumptions in economics

Thanks to tutor2u for this

http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/assumptions-in-economics

Monopoly fact sheet

Thanks to tutor2u for this sample

http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tutor2u-media/subjects/economics/downloads/as-micro-companion-sample-topic.pdf?mtime=20150903071511

Negative externalities from skiing in Switzerland

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34124473

Employment rate data

Thanks to tutor2u for this

http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/employment-rate

Nissan and Hitachi invest in the North-East

Thanks to the BBC for these 2 stories

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34136541 Nissan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-34130229 Hitachi