Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Diesel cars and government failure

Good example from tutor2u

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/vw-and-government-failure?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+tutor2u+Economics+updates&utm_content=Daily+tutor2u+Economics+updates+CID_d26a0979b4a854102c229e64835ab716&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Blog++VW+and+government+failure

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Regulating the cannabis market

An interesting post from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34718278

Amazon and Creative Destruction

Thanks to tutor2u for this
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/amazon-and-creative-destruction

Labour market discrimination

Thanks to tutor2u for these examples
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tutor2u-media/subjects/economics/downloads/Discrimination-in-the-Workplace.pdf?mtime=20151103143215

Privatisation: Pros and cons

Thanks to tutor2u for this
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tutor2u-media/subjects/economics/downloads/Privatisation-Pros-and-Cons.pdf?mtime=20151103144019

Mergers and aquisitions: Examples

Thanks to tutor2u
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-the-news

Should the minimum wage be increased?

This, from tutor2u, argues you already get more than the pay from an entry level job
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-benefits-of-an-entry-level-job-much-more-than-the-wage

The rising cost of watching live football

An interesting take from tutor2u
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/rising-football-ticket-prices

Benefits and benefits in kind by income decile

Thanks to economicshelp for this data
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14859/economics/benefits-and-benefits-in-kind-by-income-decile/

Income inequality by income decile

Thanks to economicshelp for this data
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14853/economics/income-inequality-by-income-decile/

Rising demand for sweet potatoes

Why? tutor2u reports
http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/surging-demand-for-sweet-potatoes