French Government Introduces Labour Market Reforms

Will these supply side measures be introduced? Some great data in this clip leading you to ask the question: In which country would you rather be an employee?....................and an employer?
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/industrial-unrest-in-france-as-government-attempts-supply-side-measures-to-make-labour-market-more-flexible?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2028th%20May%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2028th%20May%202016+CID_7d6225a9dac4946f3d7753f294c8fde7&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=Industrial%20unrest%20in%20France%20as%20Government%20attempts%20supply-side%20measures%20to%20make%20labour%20market%20more%20flexible%20You%20may%20have%20heard%20that%20there%20have%20been%20a%20series%20of%20strikes%20occurring%20in%20France%20at%20the%20moment%20as%20various%20groups%20of%20workers%20and%20unions%20protest%20against%20a%20raft%20of

Enforcing legislation the Indonesian way

One issue with legislation to reduce market failure is that it has to enforced so firms don't think they can evade the law. Indonesia has a radical way of dealing with people who break its fishing laws
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/indonesia-cracks-down-on-illegal-fishing/4917573376001

The decline of nightclubs

A case of allocative efficiency in action as young people find more attractive alternatives?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36407876

Is the Sainsburys/Argos merger in the public interest?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will decide
http://news.sky.com/story/1703152/sainsburys-argos-takeover-faces-inquiry

The EU and the UK

Thanks to economicshelp for these 2 posts
How much he EU costs the UK
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/20209/economics/how-much-does-the-eu-cost-the-uk/
and, to misquote The Clash: Should we stay or should we go
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/20233/euro/should-uk-stay-in-eu-or-leave-personal-view/

Collusion

Thanks to tutor2u for the link to the Guardian article on collusion between model agencies and their revision video
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/a-model-example-of-collusion?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2026th%20May%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Thu%2026th%20May%202016+CID_62a3cbd082576dcc7595fb016d234baf&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=A%20Model%20Example%20of%20Collusion%20In%20what%20is%20regarded%20as%20one%20of%20the%20first%20examples%20of%20alleged%20price-fixing%20in%20the%20creative%20services%20industry%20the%20Competition%20and%20Markets%20Authority%20has%20launched%20an%20investigation%20into%20collusion%20in

Hysteresis

Thanks to economicshelp for this summary
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/20144/concepts/hysteresis/

Negative externalities from South African coal mines and coal fired power stations

A sobering report from Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/fighting-to-breathe-in-emalahleni%3A-south-africas-coal-problem/4903998751001

Immigration and housing

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/20107/housing/immigration-and-housing/

Economic predictions of Brexit

Thanks to economicshelp for this summary
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/20024/economics/economic-predictions-of-brexit/

Information failure in food?

You decide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36356756

Competition concerns in the gaming industry: Ladbrokes and Coral merger

Thanks to Sky for this story
http://news.sky.com/story/1699184/ladbrokes-and-coral-may-have-to-sell-400-shops

Plain packaging comes to the UK

Thanks to Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1699123/new-cigarette-packaging-rules-come-into-force
http://news.sky.com/story/1698790/tobacco-firms-lose-court-challenge-over-packaging
and tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/new-cigarette-packaging-regulations-comes-in-to-force-today?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2021st%20May%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Sat%2021st%20May%202016+CID_ad60ee06a31cd923ce9c770aa742219f&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=New%20cigarette%20packaging%20regulations%20comes%20in%20to%20force%20today%20New%20regulations%20on%20cigarette%20packaging%20and%20other%20restrictions%20within%20the%20cigarette%20market%20comes%20in%20to%20force%20today%20Click%20here%20for%20the%20Sky%20News%20article%20on%20the%20regulations%20and%20here%20for

Super size cruise liners: Why so big?

Lots of economics in this story from Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1697334/harmony-of-the-seas-sails-into-southampton

US tariffs on Chinese steel imports

.....reports Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1697986/us-raises-tax-on-chinese-steel-imports-by-522-percent

Ad bans to curb obesity?

They could be on the way, reports Sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1695285/childhood-obesity-targeted-in-food-ad-crackdown

Migration as a supply side policy

Increased labour force in Austria reports Aljazeera
http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/austria-puts-refugees-to-work-to-boost-economy/4889936892001

Minimum Wage

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/430/labour-markets/minimum-wage-for-16-18-year-olds/
and the BBC for this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35943133

Trade Deficit Biggest Since 2008

Thanks to Ch4 for this
http://news.sky.com/story/1693555/uk-first-quarter-trade-deficit-biggest-since-2008

Impact of increase in female labour market participation

Thanks to economicshelp for this
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/19315/labour-markets/impact-of-increase-in-female-labour-market-participation/