Savings ratio

Thanks to economicshelp for this
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/848/economics/savings-ratio-uk/

E-cigs: A case for government intervention?

More evidence from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36157487

How to cope with a budget deficit

The Gulf states used to run high budget surplus' due to the high oil price. The oil price collapse has posed the question: "How should we fund the deficit"
Great post from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/gcc-fiscal-policy-as-the-economies-of-the-gulf-face-growing-budgets-deficit-and-trading-deficits-due-to-the-falling-price-of-oil?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2029th%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Fri%2029th%20April%202016+CID_17d808b7815a5d3d29a723eae6cdc6c1&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=GCC%20Fiscal%20Policy%20%20the%20Balance%20of%20Trade%20Gulf%20States%20Issue%20Bonds%20in%20their%20Plans%20to%20Raise%20Debt%20as%20the%20Price%20of%20Oil%20Falls%20Bond%20issues%20are%20in%20fashion%20in%20the%20GCC%20Gulf%20Co-operation%20Council%20region%20with%20Abu%20Dhabi%20Oman%20Saudi%20Arabia%20and%20Bahrain%20all%20planning%20debt-raising%20issues%20in%20the%20coming%20months

Monopoly: Good or bad?

Thanks to tutor2u for raising issues from both sides of the argument
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/innovative-monopolist-vs-defensive-monopolists-monopoly-power-in-the-united-arab-emirates?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2027th%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2027th%20April%202016+CID_bb0658a068807a2d435193512bb2132f&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Innovative%20Monopolist%20vs%20Defensive%20Monopolists%20Monopoly%20Power%20in%20the%20United%20Arab%20Emirates%20We%20often%20champion%20monopolies%20for%20their%20dynamically%20efficient%20behaviour%20and%20how%20they%20contribute%20to%20long%20run%20static%20efficiencies%20through%20their%20invention%20and%20innovation%20made%20affordable%20by%20high%20profits

The changing face of the UK retail sector

Allocative efficiency might be the reason. Sky news reports
http://news.sky.com/story/1684696/whats-disappeared-from-the-uk-high-street

Business Responses to the "new" UK Living Wage

Thanks to tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/business-responses-to-the-new-uk-living-wage?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2025th%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Mon%2025th%20April%202016+CID_5cca23701a068eaffe18c6a63b537d8a&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Business%20Responses%20to%20the%20new%20UK%20Living%20Wage%20How%20are%20businesses%20responding%20to%20the%20introduction%20of%20George%20Osbornes%20self-styled%20living%20wage

Information failure

Interesting post from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/market-failure-and-akerlofs-lemons?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2025th%20February%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2025th%20February%202016+CID_b24c73bc6c27c7d9b9529e4ac9b21459&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Market%20Failure%20and%20Akerlofs%20Lemons%20One%20of%20the%20key%20factors%20to%20cause%20a%20market%20to%20fail%20is%20a%20lack%20of%20information%20George%20Akerlof%20was%20awarded%20the%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20economics%20for%20his%20work%20on%20the

Specialisation and the danger of overspecialisation

Thanks to the Economist for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jAkGGUobqY

Competition policy: The EU and Google disagree over Android

So reports Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1681986/google-accused-of-abusing-android-dominance
and more from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/google-accused-of-anti-competitive-behaviour-in-the-app-industry?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2021st%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2021st%20April%202016+CID_4096d230c52f5d0869b6e847bf853c45&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Google%20accused%20of%20anti-competitive%20behaviour%20in%20the%20app%20industry%20We%20believe%20that%20Googles%20behaviour%20denies%20consumers%20a%20wider%20choice%20of%20mobile%20apps%20so%20says%20the%20European%20Union%20competition%20authority%20when%20launching%20a%20new%20case%20against%20the%20web%20search

The problems with measuring inflation

A shrinking size but no reduction in the price; ie the price per unit increases but isn't measured in CPI calculations. Sky reports
http://news.sky.com/story/1681721/sneaky-shops-sell-shrinking-items-at-same-cost

Trade with Europe

A nice clip from the BBC arguing the pros and cons of EU membership in terms of trade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36069956

Housing data

A fantastic post from economicshelp jam packed with housing data
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5709/housing/housing-market-stats-and-graphs/

Buy British: Protectionism in action?

Nice summary from economicshelp
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/17684/uk-economy/buy-british-campaigns/

Falling property prices in Hong Kong

Falling demand and inelastic supply, but why the falling demand? Aljazeera explains
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/home-prices-fall-in-hong-kong/4848348453001

Changing demand for vinyl records over time

Nice clip from the BBC: Which determinants of demand changed over time?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36037876
...and a lot more on the vinyl industry from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-economics-of-vinyl?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2021st%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2021st%20April%202016+CID_4096d230c52f5d0869b6e847bf853c45&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20Economics%20of%20Vinyl%20In%20the%20last%20few%20years%20we%20have%20seen%20the%20revival%20of%20vinyl%20records%20with%20sales%20passing%20a%20million%20in%202014%20the%20first%20time%20since%201996%20and%20growth%20is%20expected%20to%20continue%20for

Sugar in food: Information failure?

Newsbeat might surprise you
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36054494/six-everyday-things-with-more-sugar-than-dolmio-lasagne-sauce

UK Economy 2016 data

Thanks to tutor2u for this data
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tutor2u-media/subjects/economics/downloads/State_of_UK_Economy.pdf?mtime=20160415095013

Football and diseconomies of scale

Thanks to tutor2u for this example
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/liverpool-fc-dele-alli-and-diseconomies-of-scale?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2014th%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2014th%20April%202016+CID_e8b2a9e4793a68b1d8ee3ad19d2d810c&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Liverpool%20FC%20Dele%20Alli%20and%20Diseconomies%20of%20Scale%20A%20recent%20news%20story%20on%20how%20Liverpool%20missed%20out%20on%20the%20signing%20of%20Tottenhams%20Dele%20Alli%20offers%20a%20good%20example%20of%20diseconomies%20of%20scale%20in%20a%20large%20football%20club

Mexico City's pollution and the government response

Nice clip from Aljazeera highlighting the problems faced
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/mexico-city-limits-private-car-use-to-battle-pollution/4833602635001

The problems of measuring GDP in a digital age

Thanks to tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/the-digital-economy-and-problems-in-measuring-gdp?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2013th%20April%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2013th%20April%202016+CID_2316742e10be67d2389fc4989dffc01a&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=The%20Digital%20Economy%20and%20Problems%20in%20Measuring%20GDP%20The%20level%20of%20GDP%20may%20fall%20even%20though%20the%20quantity%20of%20goods%20and%20services%20that%20we%20are%20consuming%20is%20increasing%20This%20is%20one%20of%20the%20ironies%20of%20the%20switch%20to