Monday, October 31, 2016

Externality: Delhi's air pollution problem

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37822000

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Sunday, October 09, 2016

Wage discrimination

Thanks to tutor2u for these case studies in the second link on this page
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/teaching-income-inequality-and-wage-discrimination?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%205th%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%205th%20October%202016+CID_30823ccbf0881d7283407d5fdd939e98&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Teaching%20Income%20Inequality%20and%20Wage%20Discrimination%20Here%20are%20the%20resources%20mentioned%20in%20the%20this%20weeks%20webinar%20on%20Teaching%20Income%20Inequality%20and%20Wage%20Discrimination
and the webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dds6yo3d57g




Wage discrimination

Thanks to tutor2u for these case studies in the second link on this page
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/teaching-income-inequality-and-wage-discrimination?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%205th%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%205th%20October%202016+CID_30823ccbf0881d7283407d5fdd939e98&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Teaching%20Income%20Inequality%20and%20Wage%20Discrimination%20Here%20are%20the%20resources%20mentioned%20in%20the%20this%20weeks%20webinar%20on%20Teaching%20Income%20Inequality%20and%20Wage%20Discrimination
and the webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dds6yo3d57g




Contestable markets

Thanks to tutor2u for this summary
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/teaching-contestable-markets-webinar-resources?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%208th%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%208th%20October%202016+CID_f2844eec1428ab556bacb58d7498b69a&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Introduction%20to%20Teaching%20Contestable%20Markets%20Webinar%20Resources%20Here%20are%20the%20teaching%20%20learning%20resources%20from%20and%20recording%20of%20the%20recent%20CPD%20Webinar%20which%20provided%20an%20introduction%20to%20Teaching%20Contestable%20Markets

Behavioural Economics: Tutor2u summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORjqrYGwE8o and
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-are-teaching-behavioural-economics-for-the-first-time?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%206th%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%206th%20October%202016+CID_9eb3e242523030923223bbdc43f881c3&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=What%20You%20Need%20to%20Know%20if%20you%20are%20Teaching%20Behavioural%20Economics%20for%20the%20First%20Time%20Here%20are%20the%20resources%20from%20the%20CPD%20webinar%20entitled%20What%20you%20Need%20to%20Know%20if%20you%20are%20Teaching%20Behavioural%20Economics%20for%20the%20First%20Time


Growth in China

Great clip found by tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=S8lIIFqZ9WQ

Opportunity cost: Forest of cocoa?

Nice clip from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37585470

The demise of Blackberry

Oh, how the (once) mighty have fallen. This data on tutor2u could be used in many areas of Economics
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/shut-down-points-the-rise-and-fall-of-blackberry?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%201st%20October%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%201st%20October%202016+CID_a553b90e92bc0818bd13f60ea1d7b06a&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Shut%20Down%20Points%20The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20Blackberry%20It%20has%20taken%20some%20time%20but%20since%202010%20the%20decline%20in%20market%20share%20for%20Blackberry%20handsets%20has%20been%20nothing%20short%20of%20calamitous%20The%20number%20of%20sales%20has%20collapsed%20from%20over%2050%20million

The 5p plastic bag charge: Nudges and behavioural economics

Thanks to tutor2u for finding this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mefnkTcTCV4

The Bank of England and the financial system

This BBC site could be helpful
http://edu.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/