Saturday, July 07, 2018

Cash and kind: How governments shift income from rich to poor

Great article from the Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/cash-and-kind-how-governments-shift-income-from-rich-to-poor-20180706-p4zpui.html

Unemployment benefit as a % of average income

Great chart from the OECD

US-China trade war: Why you should care

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44697671/us-china-trade-war-why-you-should-care

Saturday, May 12, 2018

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

Thursday, April 05, 2018

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

Lots from tutor2u
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

Friday, March 23, 2018

FDI: Advantages and disadvantages

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/297/trade/capital-flow-benefits-and-disdavantages/

Africa's free trade deal

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsWNc9BusJ4

Multiple choice: Market failure

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/the-edge-in-a-level-economics-mcq-blast-on-market-failure-and-government-intervention?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2023rd%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2023rd%20March%202018+CID_acb8517e18182a2439ca724c6057817f&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20Edge%20in%20A%20Level%20Economics%20MCQ%20Blast%20on%20Market%20Failure%20and%20Government%20Intervention%20Practice%20exam%20questions%20This%20is%20a%20revision%20lesson%20version%20of%20the%20recent%20MCQ%20blast%20revision%20webinar%20on%20Market%20Failure%20and%20Government%20Intervention%20Great%20revision%20practice%20for%20Year%201%20micro

Multiple choice : AD and AS

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/the-edge-in-a-level-economics-mcq-blast-on-aggregate-demand-and-aggregate-supply?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2023rd%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2023rd%20March%202018+CID_acb8517e18182a2439ca724c6057817f&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20Edge%20in%20A%20Level%20Economics%20MCQ%20Blast%20on%20Aggregate%20Demand%20and%20Aggregate%20Supply%20Practice%20exam%20questions%20Here%20is%20a%20MCQ%20Revision%20Blast%20session%20covering%20ten%20questions%20on%20aggregate%20demand%20and%20supply%20Great%20to%20test%20your%20understanding%20as%20you%20revise%20key%20Year%201%20macro%20concepts

Friday, March 02, 2018

Customs Union – advantages and disadvantages

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/138713/economics/customs-union/

The gender pay gap

A series of articles/data from the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/gender-pay-gap

Monetary policy quiz

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/monetary-policy-quizlet-revision-activity?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%201st%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%201st%20March%202018+CID_b2b5825e5fb1b9055f41d2f7c8b2dca8&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Monetary%20Policy%20Quizlet%20Revision%20Activity%20Revision%20quizzes%20Here%20is%20a%20revision%20matching%20quiz%20covering%20twelve%20key%20concepts%20used%20when%20studying%20monetary%20policy

Trump commits to hard protectionism

Thanks to tutor2u for this summary
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/trump-commits-to-hard-protectionism?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%202nd%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%202nd%20March%202018+CID_df1ccb1f943e3d72a19bf83a6baa28b0&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Trump%20commits%20to%20hard%20protectionism%20It%20has%20been%20a%20while%20coming%20but%20we%20now%20appear%20to%20be%20on%20the%20verge%20of%20the%20Trump%20administration%20making%20a%20decisive%20move%20towards%20a%20protectionist%20stance%20with%20the%20imposition
and Aljazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOhCovGJp8