Sainsurys and Asda propose merging

Thanks to tutor2u for this collection
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/sainsburys-and-asda-set-for-giant-retail-merger?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sun%2029th%20April%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sun%2029th%20April%202018+CID_92acf4d2adbfcd3b3c1889103be5bd92&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Sainsburys%20and%20Asda%20set%20for%20giant%20retail%20merger%20This%20could%20be%20one%20of%20those%20mega-mergers%20in%20the%20UK%20retail%20sector%20that%20sends%20huge%20ripples%20through%20the%20industry%20and%20will%20be%20the%20gift%20that%20keeps%20on%20giving%20for%20economics
and Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/supermarket-giants-announce-merger-plans

and the arguments for from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43954635/sainsbury-s-boss-says-cost-cuts-will-bring-down-prices and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43953603/sainsbury-s-asda-merger-change-at-the-checkouts

and Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/the-10-price-cut-gamble-at-the-heart-of-supermarket-mega-merger-11354059

and Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/sainsburys-confirms-merger-with-asda

and this summary from economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140304/business/benefits-and-costs-of-sainsbury-asda-meger/

EU votes for a permanent ban on bee-harming pesticides

Thanks to Aljazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nzVfkLsgHg

Can tariffs really save an industry?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43896268/can-tariffs-really-save-an-industry

Why is economic growth so poor?

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43919426

Finland abandons its Basic Income experiment

Thanks to the I
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/universal-basic-income-why-did-finlands-free-money-experiment-fail/

Supply side policies

Good advice!
https://twitter.com/tutor2uGeoff/status/989055031038144515

How does the multiplier effect influence fiscal policy?

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140065/economics/how-does-the-multiplier-effect-influence-fiscal-policy/

Automation in the asparagus industry

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-43824607/meet-the-robots-that-can-pick-and-plant-better-than-we-can

The price of straw

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43821985

Automated cow milking

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-43790105/these-cows-on-a-farm-near-midhurst-queue-to-milk-themselves

Open skies in Africa: A supply side policy

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43839315/will-africa-s-open-skies-project-take-off

Production and factors of production

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=BkAxtCUe94s

Grocery market share

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tutor2u-media/subjects/economics/statistic_id280208_grocery-market-share-in-great-britain-2015-2017.png?mtime=20180414081954

The railways:Privatisation or nationalisation?

Thanks to the FT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=U6V-HDbX9A8
and tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/economics-of-rail-nationalisation?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2016th%20April%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2016th%20April%202018+CID_154f61c00b2914ddddd4e97cc5a25b90&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Economics%20of%20Rail%20Nationalisation%20Study%20notes%20Should%20the%20UK%20railway%20industry%20be%20taken%20back%20into%20public%20ownership

Wage rates in particular occupations

Try to explain this
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/984541935271596035

Sugar tax: Arguments against

https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/misguided-sugar-tax-unlikely-to-be-effective-in-tackling-obesity?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2013th%20April%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2013th%20April%202018+CID_000a01e54b5d4636f2ec74b88df95b21&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Misguided%20sugar%20tax%20unlikely%20to%20be%20effective%20in%20tackling%20obesity%20One%20of%20George%20Osbornes%20last%20acts%20as%20Chancellor%20in%202016%20was%20to%20announce%20the%20so-called%20sugar%20tax%20This%20has%20now%20duly%20come%20into%20force%20in%20line%20with%20the%20original%20timetable

Trade wars and the lessons from history

Thanks to Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/why-uschina-trade-dispute-has-historians-nervous-11326394

Balance of payment test

A tutor2u matching exercise
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/balance-of-payments-key-term-match-up-activity?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2012th%20April%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2012th%20April%202018+CID_c035236e7f800e453384b8f7a142b8f0&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Balance%20of%20Payments%20-%20Key%20Term%20Match%20Up%20activity%20Revision%20quizzes%20In%20this%20activity%20you%20have%20to%20match%20the%20components%20of%20the%20Current%20and%20the%20Capital%20and%20Financial%20Accounts%20to%20their%20definitions

Microeconomics diagrams

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/microeconomics-diagram-in-your-pocket

Edexcel past paper link

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/economics-a-2015.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-UK:Category%2FExam-materials

Sugar tax implemented

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43659124
and Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks-comes-into-force-to-combat-child-obesity-11317978
and an interesting post from the behavioural insights team
http://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/health/sugaring-the-bill-why-lower-revenue-from-the-sugar-tax-is-probably-a-good-thing/

Negative externalities from a Russian landfill site

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-43630798/russians-protest-over-toxic-landfill-near-moscow

Topic Revision: Behavioural Economics

Lots from tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/collections/behavioural-economics-revision?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision&utm_content=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision+CID_8df36bac18dd1fe5f236cec092ba7ac9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Behavioural%20Economics%20Revision

Topic Revision: Financial Economics

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https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/collections/financial-economics?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision&utm_content=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision+CID_8df36bac18dd1fe5f236cec092ba7ac9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Financial%20Economics%20Revision

Topic Revision: Labour Market Economics

Lots from tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/collections/labour-market-economics?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision&utm_content=More%20Help%20for%20A%20Level%20Econ%20Revision+CID_8df36bac18dd1fe5f236cec092ba7ac9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Labour%20Markets%20Revision

Vertical gardens and positive externalities

https://twitter.com/precisionhomes_/status/980062960776302592?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=b3e1b29a6b7346ad9205c55bbf6915c7&uid=625863503&nid=244+281088008

In Too Deep: The race to save our seas from the Tragedy of the Commons

Thanks to Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2045&v=OgpqdOUm6Hc

Retaliation: The downside of tariffs

What China decided
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNB0q0lyRc video
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43614400 article
and, thanks to Aljazeera, possible effects on USA pig farmers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8ilkPqN28

and then it escalates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofsQSTOnY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FccChwl504

Evaluation for Micro Economics

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/573/economics/evaluation-for-micro-economics/