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June 22, 2022
Prosperity beyond GDP
Year 11 student Arina (a student at another school, not the one I teach at) contacted me today with her article...
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Can the UK afford the royal family?
Our friends Gavin and Pete from the outstanding podcast Economics in Ten have kindly shared this guest blog post with us. ...
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Your dinner is in the supply chain!
In an act of blatant plagiarism I have sourced the title for today's post from a Newman cartoon in a recent...
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Prosperity beyond GDP
Year 11 student Arina (a student at another school, not the one I teach at) contacted me today...
Read more
Can the UK afford the royal family?
Our friends Gavin and Pete from the outstanding podcast Economics in Ten have kindly shared this guest blog...
Read more
Your dinner is in the supply chain!
In an act of blatant plagiarism I have sourced the title for today's post from a Newman cartoon...
Read more
Beware Economists!
BEWARE ECONOMISTS! In these crazy ‘unprecedented’ covid-19 economic times, it is worth remembering the words of John...
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See Economics everywhere!
I’ve always enjoyed economic theory for its own sake – and I do still have friends! The logic...
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On track for success?
What do you do with a market that doesn’t lend itself to competition? The issue of natural monopoly is...
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Will consumption save us?
Savings and the pandemic.... Disposable income (income after tax and benefits)...
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Money, money, money!
Look, there’s a new £50 note on the ground. There can’t be, replies the economist, or someone would...
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Tip-top Top Tips
Did I leave a tip last time I went to a restaurant? Well, yes, the table was pretty...
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Ooh Ah Just a Lidl Bit!
The song reference may go over your head if you’re a student rather than a teacher of a...
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Taxing times?
As this week’s budget nears, Chancellor Sunak seems to be preparing the country for tax increases – if...
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