Rapid transit in Dar es Salaam

Lots of economics in hers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_V29yVYqGo

Basic income: The Finnish experiment

A really interesting clip explaining, briefly, both sides of the argument
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/finland%3A-experimental-income-scheme-raises-questions/5301048566001

Income inequality: The role of class

Interesting clip from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38763686

What's benefits are there to deregulation of business?

Interesting clip from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38736389

Closing bank branches: An example of achieving greater allocative efficiency

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/hsbc-closing-62-more-uk-branches-to-create-sustainable-network-10741005

The history of taxation

Thanks to the Economist, found by tutor2u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0tjXsfewk

Actions to reduce Paris air pollution

Thanks to Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/france%3A-paris-tackles-pollution-in-air-quality-measures/5285351139001

The debt, deficit distinction

Nice clip from the Economist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjDs0Yn6pDs

Brexit: What is the EU customs union and why should people care that the UK is leaving it?

A nice summary from the Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-latest-news-what-is-eu-customs-union-why-care-if-uk-leaves-it-european-union-deal-a7529361.html

Is free trade good or bad?

Great article from the BBC for evaluation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38209407

Wealth inequality

Yes, I know it's only a headline grabbing stunt from Oxfam, but it's still mind boggling
http://news.sky.com/story/eight-billionaires-own-same-as-poorest-half-of-the-world-oxfam-10730267

Rising demand for goat meat in Zambia

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38611405

Should S Africa raise drinking age to 21?

Interesting clip from the BBC covering he pros and cons of the proposed change in legislation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38594881

Increasing male income inequality

Interesting data from the IFS
https://www.channel4.com/news/the-low-paid-men-working-part-time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38603722

No smoking enforcement in China

As reported by Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/on-patrol-with-chinas-cigarette-busters/5276401129001

Negative externalities from a Brazilian dam

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38565028

Capping top pay

Thanks to Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/capping-top-pay

Enforcement of pollution laws

Chinese style, as Aljazeera reports
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/china-smog%3A-environmental-police-to-punish-polluters/5274727414001

World income inequality

I saw this on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/wearecollectivelyconscious/videos/951402454974960/

Negative externalities:Terrible smog in China

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38538419

UK productivity

Interesting report from Ch4
https://www.channel4.com/news/britains-productivity-struggle

Tariffs; Trump style

Forget formality,; issue threats via Twitter
http://news.sky.com/story/trump-threatens-toyota-over-mexico-carmaking-plant-10719189
and more on Mexico's motor industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPb31svwhgQ

CO2 emission: A case for legislation?

A great story from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38391034
Given this technique, developed as a free market solution to the problem of negative externalities seems to work, should governments around the world legislate to see this form of CO2 capture be applied around the world?

Money supply, the transmission mechanism and inflation

Great explanation in the context of Zimbabwe from Marginal Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-BlZXm7wA

Income inequality

.....in all its bleakness, reports the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38512258

Finland give €560 basic income to the unemployed

Thanks to tutor2u for this compilation of articles
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/finland-to-give-a-560-basic-income-to-unemployed?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%204th%20January%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%204th%20January%202017+CID_e6be6d9dbf5c5662429e299007374965&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Finland%20give%20560%20basic%20income%20to%20unemployed%20Finland%20have%20become%20the%20first%20European%20nation%20to%20trial%20a%20system%20of%20paying%20a%20basic%20income%20worth%20560%20a%20month%20to%20unemployed%20people%20The%20trial%20is%20outlined%20in%20this%20article%20from

The rising price of Mexico's petrol

A combination of reduced subsidies and increased world price (ie costs of production for petrol firms) reports Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/protests-erupt-as-mexico-hikes-petrol-prices/5268614549001

Firework externalities

I can see (no pun) both positive and negative externalities from this crash of a firework lorry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38501503

Merger/horizontal integration in the pasty market

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/samworth-swallows-west-cornwall-pasty-maker-in-battle-with-greggs-10716719

Rising demand for vinyl!

Ah yes, my youth returns. I wonder of modern day vinyl buyers spend Saturday afternoons flicking through the albums? Thanks to BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38503500
Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/vinyl-sales-at-25-year-high-as-david-bowies-blackstar-leads-revival-10716565
and tutor2u (with sales data)
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/not-quite-the-vinyl-countdown?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%204th%20January%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%204th%20January%202017+CID_e6be6d9dbf5c5662429e299007374965&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Not%20Quite%20the%20Vinyl%20Countdown%20Really%20interesting%20article%20here%20about%20changes%20in%20consumer%20tastes%20-%20with%20sales%20of%20vinyl%20at%20their%20highest%20since%201991%20and%20vinyl%20sales%20outstripping%20digital%20downloads%20too%20However%20theres%20even%20more%20depth

France bans thin plastic bags

Thanks to Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/france-imposes-ban-on-thin-plastic-bags/5267863910001

Analysis: Why public goods result in market failure

Thanks to tutor2u for this video in their "chains of reasoning" series explaining how to have really good analysis in your answers
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/chains-of-reasoning-public-goods-and-market-failure?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%202nd%20January%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%202nd%20January%202017+CID_d8b442dd489bb75c0434829bee4cbcaf&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Chains%20of%20Reasoning%20-%20Public%20Goods%20and%20Market%20Failure%20Revision%20videos%20Analysis%20should%20occur%20through%20a%20clear%20chain%20of%20reasoning%20This%20short%20revision%20video%20build%20a%20chain%20of%20reasoning%20explaining%20why%20pure%20public%20goods%20can%20lead%20to%20market%20failure%20because%20the

Behavioural economics

Some revision videos from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/behavioural-economics-for-a-level-explained?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%202nd%20January%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%202nd%20January%202017+CID_d8b442dd489bb75c0434829bee4cbcaf&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Behavioural%20Economics%20for%20A%20Level%20-%20Explained%20A%20Level%20Economics%20students%20covering%20aspects%20of%20Behavioural%20Economics%20in%20their%20studies%20will%20find%20many%20of%20the%20key%20concepts%20explained%20and%20illustrated%20in%20the%20revision%20videos%20listed%20below