Paris moves to improve air quality

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44295177/paris-moves-to-improve-air-quality

Regulatory Capture: Government failure

Thanks to economicshelp for this evaluation
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/141040/economics/regulatory-capture/

Automation: Strawberry picking

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44209333/the-strawberry-picking-robots-coming-to-a-farm-near-you

Illegal mining, negative externalities and higher chocolate prices

Great clip from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-44176794/could-illegal-mines-in-ghana-lead-to-an-increase-in-chocolate-prices

The invisible hand

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140917/economics/the-invisible-hand/

The Laffer Curve

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140859/economics/the-laffer-curve/

What are the effects of a rise in the inflation rate?

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140824/economics/what-are-the-effects-of-a-rise-in-the-inflation-rate/

The wealth effect

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140745/economics/the-wealth-effect/

Monetary policy mind map

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/as-a2-economics-revision-monetary-policy-mind-map/

Limiting the working week in Korea

Thanks to Aljazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3zezn3HE_k

Will the sugar tax work?

Nice evaluation in the second half, especially the different responses by different age groups
https://voxeu.org/content/do-soda-taxes-work

Negative externalities: The problem of China's huge bike graveyards

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-43999482/the-problem-of-china-s-huge-bike-graveyards
....and in Australia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-42304984/bike-share-teething-pains-they-re-throwing-them-in-rivers

How do you move mountains of unwanted weed?

Thanks to the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/09/how-oregon-grew-too-much-marijuana-to-sell?CMP=share_btn_tw

The gig economy

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/24205/labour-markets/the-gig-economy/

GDP explained

Great short video found by tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=zbywKvR3fVU
and this critisism from econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/gdp-not-the-indicator-for-wellbeing-robert-kennedy-was-right-50-years-ago/

GDPR: Action to correct market failure

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-44006602/what-is-gdpr-technology-explained

New technology: Turning the desert and city rooftops green

Fantastic stories from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43975519/making-the-desert-sand-bloom
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44005335/johannesburg-s-rooftop-farmer

Minimum Wage for 16-18 Year olds

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/430/labour-markets/minimum-wage-for-16-18-year-olds/

The Role of Profit in an Economy

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/572/business/the-role-of-profit-in-an-economy/

The UK towns and cities with the highest and lowest wages

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43729508

Privatisation: Why did we sell off the railways?

Thanks to the FT for the pros/cons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6V-HDbX9A8

Minimum pricing: Scotland ends cheap booze as minimum price starts

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43948081

and a video from the standard
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scotland-becomes-first-country-to-introduce-minimum-alcohol-unit-price-a3827686.html

and Reuters
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-scotland-alcohol/scotland-introduces-minimum-alcohol-pricing-to-cut-deaths-idUKKBN1I236T

and Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/scotland-becomes-first-country-to-introduce-minimum-unit-alcohol-price-to-cut-deaths-11354421