Merger in the restaurant business

...as reported by the BBC
https://news.sky.com/story/frankie-bennys-owner-to-buy-wagamama-in-559m-deal-11539735

Budget 2018

Spending and revenue numbers from the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45814459

Policies for Economic Development

Thanks to econoicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/4998/development/policies-for-economic-development/

Winners and losers from globalisation

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/142760/economics/winners-and-losers-from-globalisation/

Why trade deficits aren't that bad

https://theconversation.com/why-trade-deficits-arent-so-bad-104358?utm_medium=amptwitter&utm_source=twitter

Is GDP an adequate measure of development?

Thanks to tutor2u for finding this

https://www.theigc.org/blog/is-gdp-an-adequate-measure-of-development/

Inflation data from the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45886791

Canada legalises cannabis for recreational use

Thanks to Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/canada-legalises-cannabis-for-recreational-use-11527820

Real wages

Great graph to illustrate this idea in this BBC article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45875599

Wage Price Spiral and the Long Run Phillips Curve

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/a2-economics-wage-price-spiral-and-the-long-run-phillips-curve-2/

Perfect competition mindmap

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/a2-revision-perfect-competition-2/

Hyperinflation causes and ends

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/as-economics-hyperinflation-causes-and-ends/

Land reclamation in the Netherlands

Great map
https://brilliantmaps.com/netherlands-land-reclamation/

Terms of trade

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/new-zealands-terms-of-trade-milk-powder-v-oil/

Fiscal policy mindmap

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/as-revision-fiscal-policy/

Economies of scale

Thanks to econfix for this revision mindmap
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/a2-revision-economies-of-scale-mind-map/

Why Vanilla Is So Expensive

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/why-vanilla-is-so-expensive

The joy of a customs union

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-45590363/from-belgium-to-the-uk-the-journey-of-an-alloy-wheel

Advantages and disadvantages of devaluation

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1299/economics/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-devaluation/

Measles outbreak in Europe

Nice story from the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-45301399/why-is-there-a-measles-outbreak-in-europe

Why trade row could hit cost of drinks in China

Great S&D story from the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-45297369/why-trade-row-could-hit-cost-of-drinks-in-china

Changing GDP per capita in the EU

Wonderful map from Brilliant Maps
https://libraryeuroparl.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/1.png

Hyperinflation: Venezuela predicted to hit 1 million percent

Thanks for this post from econfix and the CNN video
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/venezuela-cant-print-money-quick-enough/
and these BBC pictures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45246409

UK national debt

Thanks to economicshelp for this data
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/334/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/

Is free trade the answer?

Thanks to the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/13/is-free-trade-always-the-answer

Trade wars, Trump tariffs and protectionism explained

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-43512098

National wellbeing index

The ONS data
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/measuringnationalwellbeing/qualityoflifeintheuk2018

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

Behavioural economics: Pricing coffee and disposable cups

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-44575909/plastic-coffee-cup-waste-is-being-cut-by-a-simple-change

Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction

Thanks to econfix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=5faZG83V0OY

How British is a mini?

Great clip from the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44581370/how-british-is-a-mini

What are tariffs and how do they affect us?

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/44567045/what-are-tariffs-and-how-do-they-affect-us

....and so we drift in to a trade war

Thanks to Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/european-union-retaliatory-tariffs-come-into-force-11412857
and
https://www.channel4.com/news/us-china-trade-war-begins
and
https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-threatens-20-tariff-on-all-eu-cars-11413444
Canada's response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORaQ8IrWpZo
and EU retaliation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253
...and Harley move production offshore
https://www.channel4.com/news/trump-angered-by-harley-davidsons-decision-to-move-some-production-out-of-us
and this 30 min programme from Aljazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWDyej7wcGQ

Using Game Theory to Explain the U.S.-China Spat

Thanks to Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-21/game-theory-explains-why-the-u-s-china-trade-spat-is-worsening

Norway's electric transport targets: Sustainable economic growth?

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-44529509/will-norway-s-electric-plane-take-off

Winners and losers from free trade

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/141607/economics/who-are-the-winners-and-losers-from-free-trade/

Government intervention in the labour market

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/141539/economics/government-intervention-in-the-labour-market/

Economics systems: Marxism and central planning

Thanks to the Economist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=TMmDebW_OBI

Branches of economics

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/141461/economics/branches-of-economics/

NZ: Pricing cigarettes to reduce demand

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/new-zealand-smokers-affected-most-by-inflation/

Revision: Market Failure & Government Intervention

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=717&v=8h8rK12L_hc

USA China trade war – who would win?

Thanks to econfix
http://blog.elearneconomics.com/usa-china-trade-war-who-would-win/

Malaysia scraps its VAT equivalent

Can you explain both the micro and macro effects?
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-expects-surge-in-sales-as-0-gst-kicks-in
and Aljazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_mvB9cgrA

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

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

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

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/

The gender pay gap

Thanks to the FT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97rrVFhWcA

The Apprenticeship Levy - A Case of Government Failure?

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-apprenticeship-levy-a-case-of-government-failure?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2031st%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2031st%20March%202018+CID_2e78607e240203b88615a010b183f795&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20Apprenticeship%20Levy%20-%20A%20Case%20of%20Government%20Failure%20An%20article%20here%20that%20highlights%20the%20fact%20the%20Apprenticeship%20Levy%20doesnt%20appear%20to%20be%20working%20Not%20only%20does%20it%20force%20firms%20to%20contribute%20to%20funding%20such%20schemes%20all%20employers%20with

Universal basic income

A nice summary
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/money-for-nothing-will-a-basic-income-work?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2026th%20March%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2026th%20March%202018+CID_ee3b682d2a41b22f48740ac454669424&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Money%20for%20Nothing%20-%20Will%20a%20Basic%20Income%20Work%20Ian%20Stewart%20from%20Deloitte%20offers%20a%20personal%20perspective%20on%20the%20advantages%20and%20disadvantages%20of%20introducing%20some%20form%20of%20a%20basic%20income%20scheme

FDI: Advantages and disadvantages

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