Measles as market failure?

 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/measles-in-samoa/

Festive externalities

Thanks to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50628962

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

Is this a case of information failure?

If so, what if any actions should the government take?
https://news.sky.com/story/household-items-like-perfume-as-bad-as-cars-for-pollution-scientists-say-11252527
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43084642

The economics of a sugar tax

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/economics-of-a-sugar-tax?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2016th%20January%202018&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2016th%20January%202018+CID_29baa90388bef52c9fd2d05c7fc2b6a9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Economics%20of%20a%20Sugar%20Tax%20Student%20videos%20Is%20the%20UK%20tax%20on%20high%20sugar%20drinks%20an%20effective%20and%20equitable%20government%20intervention%20to%20help%20address%20the%20growing%20social%20costs%20arising%20from%20our%20consumption%20of%20high%20sugar%20drinks

Evaluating the pub smoking ban

Thanks to tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/evaluating-the-pub-smoking-ban?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sun%201st%20October%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sun%201st%20October%202017+CID_c492bf85b56b9657647d03a5d82c8f31&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Evaluating%20the%20pub%20smoking%20ban%20While%20browsing%20the%20BBC%20website%20I%20have%20come%20across%20this%20set%20of%2010%20charts%20that%20show%20the%20effect%20of%20the%20ban%20smoking%20in%20all%20enclosed%20public%20places%20and%20work%20places%20since

Demerit good: The price of cigarettes across European countries 2017

https://www.statista.com/chart/11230/europes-most-expensive-cigarettes/

The sugar tax debate

Thanks to economicshelp for this 2 sided look at the issue
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14884/economics/sugar-tax-debate/

Fast food: Information failure

Thanks to the BBC. Is govt action needed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41129960

Merit goods: Should university education be free?

Great post from economicshelp
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/949/economics/should-university-education-be-free/

The unintended consequences of taxing cigarettes

Thanks to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38170754 and
video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38169677

Diabetes: The private and external costs

Great article (including video clips)from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37720610

Sugar tax is on the way

Jamie Oliver is happy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35823870
Here  are the details
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35824338
and from Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1660913/osborne-to-levy-sugar-tax-on-soft-drinks
and this list of how much sugar is in each drink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35831125
and more links from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/resources-on-the-sugar-tax?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2021st%20March%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2021st%20March%202016+CID_8dbd55a93ac46b48361aa6e5f8df17f9&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Resources%20on%20the%20Sugar%20Tax%20Here%20is%20a%20selection%20of%20news%20articles%20and%20other%20resources%20on%20the%20newly%20announced%20tax%20on%20sugary%20soft%20drinks%20in%20the%20UK

Examples of market failure, externalities and demerit goods

Thanks to tutor2u for these 2
http://www.scoop.it/t/marketfailure
and
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/recent-resources-on-market-failure-jan-2016?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2019th%20January%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2019th%20January%202016+CID_ff11589e6f750c03a3b3ec9afced23eb&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Recent%20Resources%20on%20Market%20Failure%20Jan%202016%20Here%20are%20some%20recent%20resources%20on%20market%20failure%20especially%20externalities%20and%20demerit%20goods

5p for a plastic bag: Will that reduce the market failure?

It appears it may if the evidence from other countries is anything to go by

http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/a-nudge-to-reduce-plastic-bag-use

De-Merit Goods - Banning Legal Highs

Rather than banning specific compounds, the government now intends to use regulation to ban all legal highs
BBC video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32938598


Ch4 video http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/de-merit-goods-banning-legal-highs


What would be the costs and benefits of such a move and to what extent would it reduce the market failure associated with legal highs?

Cigarettes; a demerit good

Great example of information failure in this BBC report


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30622523#

Free child flu vaccine; a policy to overcome market failure associated with a merit good

Is flu vaccine a merit good? Quite possibly given the roll-out of this government policy


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30241903#
This clip shows the reasons why the vaccine is required http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29502296

Unit 1: e-cigarettes; are they a case of market failure requiring government intervention?

This appears not be clear cut with a lack of data on this new product market on long term health effects. This BBC clip may start you thinking


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28983713# and Sky http://news.sky.com/story/1324805/call-for-e-cigarettes-to-be-banned-indoors.
This might alter your views!
http://news.sky.com/story/1330462/report-e-cigarettes-could-save-thousands

Unit 1: e-cigarettes: Could they be a merit good?

A really interesting clip from the BBC asking how we should react to e-cigarettes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27184630#