News List
| Article | Date Published | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Muslim “modest-wear” is a hit with fashionistas of all faiths | 2025-06-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Economists are as confused as Trump about taxing the rich | 2025-05-15 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The harsh economics of the Arctic Link: https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2024/12/19/the-harsh-economics-of-the-arctic | 2024-12-23 |
| 1.7.1, 2.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - Why are Primrose Hill locals clashing with Paddington film tourists? - BBC News | 2024-10-28 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Is Britain’s government at war with the wealthy? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/10/17/is-britains-government-at-war-with-the-wealthy | 2024-10-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: If you must raise taxes, raise VAT Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/26/if-you-must-raise-taxes-raise-vat | 2024-09-26 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Saudi’s economy sinks in oil | 2024-09-08 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - Oasis: A ticketing debacle - and a tangled web of companies - BBC News | 2024-09-04 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - Oasis hit out at Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing after backlash | 2024-09-04 |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - Tough year for tourism as sun sets on peak season | 2024-09-02 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - Euros and summer discounts boost retail sales - BBC News | 2024-09-01 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them Explanation: :A great example of tragedy of the commons. | 2024-08-31 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Could 'super potatoes' save the tattie industry? | 2024-08-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: How Abercrombie & Fitch got hot again | 2024-08-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: People should be paid for blood plasma | 2024-08-29 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Fish and chips price rise tops UK takeaways | 2024-08-26 |
Headline: Youngsters not in work or education rise to 870,000 | 2024-08-24 | |
| 1.6.5, 1.5.3 | Headline: Why America’s tech giants have got bigger and stronger Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/22/why-americas-tech-giants-have-got-bigger-and-stronger | 2024-08-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure | 2024-08-20 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Can big food adapt to healthier diets? | 2024-08-18 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Is Wizz Air's 'all you can fly' subscription too good to be true? | 2024-08-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: How a Spanish province became the world’s truffle leader | 2024-08-16 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: America is sabotaging itself in the global battle for talent | 2024-08-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Inflation rate rises for first time this year to 2.2% | 2024-08-14 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Indermit Gill on what China and India must do to join the rich club | 2024-08-12 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How should Britain handle £200bn in quantitative-easing losses? | 2024-08-08 |
| 2.3.4, 3.3.2, 3.3.3 | Headline: Why Ethiopia and Nigeria must press on with reforms | 2024-08-08 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Why are there so many fast-food offers on? | 2024-08-05 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - Google's monopoly of online searches is illegal, US judge rules | 2024-08-05 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Tinned fish is swimming against the tide Link: https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/30/tinned-fish-is-swimming-against-the-tide | 2024-08-02 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: What Chipotle and McDonald’s say about the consumer slowdown | 2024-08-02 |
Headline: Is the big state back in Britain? Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/01/is-the-big-state-back-in-britain | 2024-08-01 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/24/maga-republicans-are-wrong-to-seek-a-cheaper-dollar | 2024-07-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Ryanair set to slash summer fares after profits slide - BBC News | 2024-07-22 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration | 2024-07-21 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: BBC News - Will Labour’s plan make train tickets cheaper? | 2024-07-20 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: BBC News - Pound hits highest level against dollar for a year | 2024-07-17 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - Labour's plans are not a quick fix for UK economy - BBC News | 2024-07-17 |
| 1.2.2, 2.3.5 | Headline: YIMBY cities show how to build homes and contain rents | 2024-07-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made her opening gambit. What's her long game? - BBC News | 2024-07-14 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Schools in rich countries are making poor progress | 2024-07-07 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment | 2024-07-05 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started | 2024-07-04 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The slow rise of e-sports from The Economist Link: http://espresso.economist.com/df2db431a9c38d07e624627964c0fc36 | 2024-07-04 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: The unsteady comeback of the California condor Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/07/04/the-unsteady-comeback-of-the-california-condor Explanation: :This is an interesting article on the rehabilitation of an endangered species and why unintended consequences are a source of government failure. | 2024-07-04 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - UK planning laws deter investment, says drugs giant | 2024-07-01 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Your voice, your vote: Scrap VAT on bio fuels | 2024-06-30 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: How much money is the UK government borrowing, and does it matter? | 2024-06-21 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: What is the Bank of England and why does it change interest rates? | 2024-06-21 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Top sunscreens fail protection tests, Which? says | 2024-06-21 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Government borrowing in May is highest since Covid | 2024-06-21 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: 'Guitar exports used to take 48 hours - now it's three weeks' | 2024-06-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation rate: How fast are prices rising? | 2024-06-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Coming down but still going up: The trouble with inflation | 2024-06-19 |
| 2.1.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Low investment blocking UK growth, says think tank | 2024-06-18 |
| 2.1.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: Low investment blocking UK growth, says think tank | 2024-06-18 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Soup sales up and sun cream down in wet June | 2024-06-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: When will VAT get added to private school fees? | 2024-06-18 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/06/17/chinas-giant-solar-industry-is-in-turmoil | 2024-06-17 |
| 1.6.1, 1.6.7 | Headline: Software giant Adobe accused of 'trapping customers' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98825z8330o Explanation: :A cool little article about behavioural barriers- a barrier to exit for Adobe customers and what the US competition authorities are doing about it. | 2024-06-17 |
| 1.2.2, 2.3.2 | Headline: Why house prices are surging once again Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/16/why-house-prices-are-surging-once-again | 2024-06-16 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: UK can do better than Johnson's 'botched' post-Brexit trade deal - Starmer | 2024-06-15 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Does motherhood hurt women’s pay? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/13/does-motherhood-hurt-womens-pay | 2024-06-13 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: 'We are creating new crops five-times faster' | 2024-06-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - What is GDP and how is it measured? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13200758 Explanation: :This is a great explainer on GDP- explaining how it's calculated, how it relates to recent news, and the limitations of GDP. | 2024-06-12 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: National Insurance calculator: What are NI and income tax and what do I pay? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-63635185 Explanation: :A great explainer on how National Insurance and income tax, including a great graph showing the amount of tax paid at different tax bands. | 2024-06-12 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: UK economy fails to grow during wet April Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clmmvnpr8n8o Explanation: :The weather can affect AD and GDP growth- just see what happened in April 2024! | 2024-06-12 |
Headline: Couple's viral video on moving back in with parents | 2024-06-12 | |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Unemployment: Who are the millions of Britons not working? | 2024-06-11 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Why the EU might be about to make Chinese electric cars more expensive | 2024-06-11 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Unemployment rate highest for more than two years | 2024-06-11 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Wales has UK worst economic inactivity rate - ONS | 2024-06-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Price hikes and boycotts: Is trouble brewing at Starbucks? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5115lgd592o Explanation: :Has Starbucks gone too far? Now that prices are over $6 per cup, some loyal customers seem to think so. | 2024-06-09 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Labour pitch mortgage guarantee for first-time buyers Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgg2jyz4ywo Explanation: :Interesting solution to make it easier to get on the housing ladder- make it easier to get a mortgage. But what will this do to demand for housing and ultimately prices? | 2024-06-07 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.3 | Headline: US jobs surge casts doubt over interest rate cuts Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c97763pnlvpo Explanation: :People are expecting interest rates in the US to fall now that inflation seems to be under control- but higher demand for workers is pushing up employment levels and wages, which could mean higher inflation. | 2024-06-07 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: Lessons in capitalism from Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/06/06/lessons-in-capitalism-from-whole-foods-and-trader-joes | 2024-06-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Eurozone cuts interest rate for first time in 5 years | 2024-06-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Will the UK and US cut interest rates like Europe? | 2024-06-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: How Japan's biggest brewer aims to attract sober Gen Z Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c88z8qpq9p8o Explanation: :An interesting trend here is that demand for alcohol seems to be very low for Gen Z- prompting Japanese brewers to seek other products to market to them. | 2024-06-06 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Why New York scrapped congestion charging Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/06/06/why-new-york-scrapped-congestion-charging | 2024-06-06 |
| 3.3.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: Finance and economics | Free exchange: Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought Explanation: :This article is simply a brilliant explanation of purhcasing power parity (PPP) and why the World Bank has just deemed that the global economy is $7trn bigger than previously estimated. And the last part has facts about consumer spending in China- great link to influences on AD. | 2024-06-06 |
Headline: Historian explores east London's retail past Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz77lxg70j8o Explanation: :An interesting video about the history of Stoke Newington in East London, and the social changes that have changed the nature of retail businesses in the area. | 2024-06-04 | |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure | 2024-06-03 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Can Britain’s economy grow as fast as it needs to? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/06/03/can-britains-economy-grow-as-fast-as-it-needs-to | 2024-06-03 |
| 1.1.3, 2.3.5 | Headline: Calls for action to boost living standards Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7226wle322o Explanation: :This is a hidden gem of an article that explains why living standards have not been rising quickly in the UK since the 2008 recession. Great links to productivity growth, and some supply side policies mentioned at the end. | 2024-05-31 |
| 1.5.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Nationwide-Virgin merger faces competition probe | 2024-05-31 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Abercrombie surges as 1990s revival spreads Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdd1j45y13o Explanation: :Apparently there is a big trend for 1990s fashion- good news if you're Abercrombie and Fitch (especially given the troubles they've had in the early 00s. | 2024-05-29 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: No, trade surpluses aren’t caused by comparative advantage Link: https://www.ft.com/content/8e24a163-161b-44e4-8071-b16d4732d892 | 2024-05-28 |
Headline: Baby-boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy? | 2024-05-26 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Vet prescription fees could be capped by watchdog - BBC News | 2024-05-23 |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - Shop sales slump in April hit by heavy rain - BBC News | 2024-05-23 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Can anyone save the world’s most important diamond company? De Beers is in peril | 2024-05-22 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Can the rich world escape its baby crisis? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/21/can-the-rich-world-escape-its-baby-crisis | 2024-05-21 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Ryanair profits surge after hiking fares by 20% | 2024-05-20 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Summer interest rate cut possible, says Bank deputy | 2024-05-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Water investors have withdrawn billions, says research | 2024-05-20 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China hits back at US and EU as trade rows deepen | 2024-05-20 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Virgin Trains targets West Coast in return to rail | 2024-05-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Shrinkflation: Ritz reduces content by 30% but price remains same - BBC News | 2024-05-18 |
Headline: BBC News - Cuba laments collapse of iconic sugar industry Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68935247 | 2024-05-18 | |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Is China's bubble tea bubble about to burst? | 2024-05-17 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Backlash as Morrisons trials sale of New Zealand lamb | 2024-05-16 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage | 2024-05-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Faisal Islam: Could the US economy be doing too well? - BBC News | 2024-05-16 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why Gold Is More Valuable Than Ever Now | WSJ | 2024-05-16 |
| 2.1.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: Swift tour to boost UK spending by £1bn - report | 2024-05-15 |
| 2.3.4, 3.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - BBC Archive 1999: Euro currency introduced - BBC | 2024-05-14 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Surge in ultra-long mortgages among under-30s | 2024-05-13 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/13/jacob-rees-mogg-accuses-bank-of-england-of-miserable-incompetence-over-inflation | 2024-05-13 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Is Britain levelling up? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/05/13/is-britain-levelling-up | 2024-05-13 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Caitlin Clark will always be underpaid Link: https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/05/10/caitlin-clark-will-always-be-underpaid | 2024-05-10 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Sunak says it'll take time for people to feel better | 2024-05-10 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy is improving but people may not notice | 2024-05-10 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: How Singapore Got So Crazy Rich | 2024-05-10 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England 'optimistic' as it edges closer to summer rate cut | 2024-05-09 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar? | 2024-05-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Could Ofcom ban social media for under-18s? | 2024-05-08 |
Headline: Water companies comedy | 2024-05-06 | |
Headline: BBC News - Why France is finding vegan croissants hard to stomach | 2024-05-05 | |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - UK growth set to be slowest of richest nations in 2025, says OECD - BBC News | 2024-05-02 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Seaport Tower shows New York’s fight between housing and heritage | 2024-05-02 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: America’s fiscal outlook is disastrous, but forgotten Link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/05/02/americas-fiscal-outlook-is-disastrous-but-forgotten | 2024-05-02 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s | 2024-05-02 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: A growing number of Britons are on disability benefits Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/05/02/a-growing-number-of-britons-are-on-disability-benefits | 2024-05-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: British farmers shunned green schemes. Then the rain came | 2024-05-02 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Cuckoo for cocoa’s price: Latin America’s farmers are cashing in on hot hot-cocoa prices | 2024-05-02 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The fight over one of Britain’s last steel plants Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/04/30/the-fight-over-one-of-britains-last-steel-plants | 2024-04-30 |
| 1.3.1, 2.2.2 | Headline: Immigration is surging, with big economic consequences | 2024-04-30 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/30/japan-is-wrong-to-try-to-prop-up-the-yen | 2024-04-30 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bread, biscuit and beer prices could rise due to wet weather - BBC News | 2024-04-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why so many Britons have taken to stand-up paddleboarding | 2024-04-28 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency | 2024-04-28 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Why green steam is a hot issue for business | 2024-04-26 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Is inflation morally wrong? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/04/25/is-inflation-morally-wrong | 2024-04-26 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years | 2024-04-25 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Mining giant BHP proposes buyout of Anglo American | 2024-04-25 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Would you pay a tourist fee to enter Venice? | 2024-04-25 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why do the Japanese love CDs? They have not taken to streaming as keenly as the rest of the world Link: https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/04/25/why-do-the-japanese-love-cds | 2024-04-25 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Pensioners' fears over paying income tax | 2024-04-24 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: How robots are taking over warehouse work | 2024-04-23 |
| 1.6.7, 1.6.8 | Headline: Thames Water makes bid to lift bills by up to 44% | 2024-04-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Tesla cuts prices in major markets as sales fall | 2024-04-22 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: How Chinese firms are using Mexico as a backdoor to the US | 2024-04-22 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: First-time buyers face toughest test for 70 years | 2024-04-22 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis | 2024-04-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: How to fix Britain’s barmy VAT regime Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/04/22/how-to-fix-britains-barmy-vat-regime | 2024-04-22 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: Shoppers shun department stores as prices rise | 2024-04-19 |
Headline: 'AI helps me to make wine for younger drinkers' | 2024-04-18 | |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation falls as meat and crumpet prices drop | 2024-04-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: West holiday trade hit by 'horrendous weather' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-68826832 Explanation: :A clear shift in demand for SW holidays due to poor weather. | 2024-04-17 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Unemployment jumps as UK jobs market stalls | 2024-04-16 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Where are all the British robots? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/04/16/where-are-all-the-british-robots | 2024-04-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - GDP: Economy grew in February increasing hopes UK is out of recession | 2024-04-13 |
| 1.5.3, 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - Little Chefs: What happened to roadside diner chain Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68796980 Explanation: :A short history of the Little Chef chain and the story of its demise. It once had a monopoly on roadside eating but it got lazy- a great example of X-inefficiency. | 2024-04-13 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Food security threatened by extreme flooding, farmers warn Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68792017 Explanation: :Climate change is having an impact on farming- leading to less supply. | 2024-04-12 |
Headline: BBC News - Joan Robinson: Economist remembered with blue plaque in Notting Hill | 2024-04-11 | |
Headline: Flat whites are Australia’s greatest culinary export Link: https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/04/11/flat-whites-are-australias-greatest-culinary-export | 2024-04-11 | |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Global warming is coming for your home: Who will pay for the damage? Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/11/global-warming-is-coming-for-your-home Explanation: :A very interesting article about the threat of global warming on the largest asset class in the world- domestic housing. There is a particularly interesting bit on the history of flood defences in the Netherlands | 2024-04-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - National insurance cut to kick in but more pay tax | 2024-04-05 |
| 1.5.3 | Headline: BBC News - Sliced Bread - Toast - Little Chef - Toast - Little Chef - BBC Sounds | 2024-04-04 |
Headline: King of the castle: Bob Iger has defeated Nelson Peltz at Disney. Now what? Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/04/03/bob-iger-has-defeated-nelson-peltz-at-disney-now-what | 2024-04-03 | |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: What are the National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and Real Living Wage? | 2024-04-02 |
| 1.2.1, 3.3.2 | Headline: Japan nappy maker shifts from babies to adults | 2024-03-27 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Comedian Ed Gamble swaps hot dog for cucumber over Tube ad rule | 2024-03-27 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Britain’s kings of sourdough: The rapid rise of a firm that makes bread very slowly Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/03/27/britains-kings-of-sourdough | 2024-03-27 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Disposable bans will not work, says vape boss | 2024-03-26 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Could AI take the grind out of accountancy? | 2024-03-26 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - The Global Story - Curse of the world's fastest growing economy - BBC Sounds | 2024-03-26 |
Headline: How “The Gruffalo” went global Link: https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/03/26/how-the-gruffalo-went-global from | 2024-03-24 | |
| 1.6.7, 1.5.2 | Headline: Vodafone-Three merger could lead to higher prices, says watchdog | 2024-03-22 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Apple lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of monopolising smartphone market | 2024-03-22 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Shoppers snap up summer clothes as food sales fall Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68634774 Explanation: :Some interesting influences on consumer expenditure- a rainy February meant sales were low. | 2024-03-22 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How do interest rates affect me? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57764601 Explanation: :An overview of the effect of interest rates in the economy, and how they control inflation to its target rate. | 2024-03-21 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Easter eggs costs rise as climate change hits crops Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68619912 Explanation: :Classic explanation for how a fall in production will lead to increase in price. | 2024-03-21 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England boss: 'We're on the way' to interest rate cuts | 2024-03-21 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: UK government borrowing higher than expected in February | 2024-03-21 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: India in undersea race to mine world’s battery metal | 2024-03-21 |
| 1.2.2, 1.3.1, 2.3.1 | Headline: Parents in Britain are getting more government-funded child care Explanation: :Government spending on childcare to grow the supply of labour! Plus they have to set the price right, so a link to supply/demand. | 2024-03-21 |
Headline: Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics | 2024-03-21 | |
Headline: Could Aldi’s supermarkets conquer America? Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/03/21/could-aldis-supermarkets-conquer-america | 2024-03-21 | |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: PE teachers retraining in maths to fill school gaps | 2024-03-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Aldi's 'cheapest Christmas dinner claim' was misleading, says advertising watchdog | 2024-03-20 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: Why America can’t escape inflation worries Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/03/20/why-america-cant-escape-inflation-worries | 2024-03-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Japan finally raises interest rates as inflation wish comes true | 2024-03-19 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - 'Impossible trade-offs' if no UK economic growth - Reeves | 2024-03-19 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Heat pumps: How do they work, what do they cost and can I get a grant? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57159056 | 2024-03-19 |
Headline: Next, Britain’s retail superstar Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/03/19/next-britains-retail-superstar from The Economist | 2024-03-19 | |
| 2.2.3, 2.3.5 | Headline: Rishi Sunak pledges to create 20,000 more apprenticeships | 2024-03-18 |
Headline: Economics is in disarray | 2024-03-18 | |
Headline: Without realising it, Britain has become a nation of immigrants | 2024-03-18 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: 'My vet wanted £120 for a cream. Total rip off' | 2024-03-17 |
| 1.1.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/03/14/how-nimbys-increase-carbon-emissions | 2024-03-14 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - UK economy: Shoppers splashing out boosts economy in January | 2024-03-14 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: The Gulf’s scramble for Africa is reshaping the continent | 2024-03-14 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Why firms are bringing their manufacturing back home | 2024-03-13 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work | 2024-03-12 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Warning pet owners could be overpaying for medicine | 2024-03-12 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Aldi to increase pay for second time this year Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ge8e3l040o Explanation: :Wage determination here- either there is a great demand for Aldi workers or there is too little supply of workers. | 2024-03-12 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Slow progress tackling UK 'e-waste tsunami' - MPs | 2024-03-12 |
Headline: When wind turbine blades get old what's next? | 2024-03-12 | |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: India signs $100bn free trade deal with four European nations Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68531241 Explanation: :Trade barriers are lowering between the EFTA and India- leading to what India is saying will be $100bn worth of FDI. | 2024-03-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Taylor Swift-led vinyl revival recognised by price data gurus | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why oil supply shocks are not like the 1970s any more | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Demand: The end of oil, then and now Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/03/11/the-end-of-oil-then-and-now | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Oil’s endgame will be in the Gulf Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/03/11/oils-endgame-will-be-in-the-gulf | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: For 50 years the story of oil has been one of matching supply with increasing demand | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Can Big Oil run in reverse? Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/03/11/can-big-oil-run-in-reverse | 2024-03-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - What a $1 deal says about America's office market | 2024-03-10 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Workforce needs support not sanctions - MP candidate | 2024-03-10 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Laura Kuenssberg: Rachel Reeves could be our next chancellor - but what's she really like? | 2024-03-09 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: US jobless rate hits highest in two years | 2024-03-09 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Jeremy Hunt's Budget was more radical than it looked | 2024-03-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Donald Trump’s former trade chief makes the case for more tariffs | 2024-03-08 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget summary: Key points from Jeremy Hunt's speech | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Households are worse off since the last election, says the IFS | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Labour and Tories accused of silence over cuts | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: PM has 'long-term ambition' to abolish national insurance | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.2 | Headline: Government growth plan ‘relies on migration’ - Starmer | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Labour to seek savings to fund policy promises after Jeremy Hunt's Budget | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: 'I earn £70,000 and can now get some child benefit payments' | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt cuts National Insurance again as election looms | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax cuts allow a cautious chancellor to create some headaches for Labour | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.3 | Headline: The Today Podcast: Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference? | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Hunt heralds 'decisive step' to bring taxes down | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Child benefit: How much is it worth and how are the rules changing? | 2024-03-07 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: The holes in British plans to ban cigarettes and disposable vapes | 2024-03-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What does the Budget mean for you and your money? | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Child benefit: Parents earning up to £80,000 to be able to claim | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Oil and gas profits windfall tax extended until 2029 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-68489807 | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: How dangerous is vaping, what is the disposable vape ban and what is the vaping tax? | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Starmer: Tories ask to 'pay more and more for less and less | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor: We put this country back on path to lower taxes | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax breaks for non-doms abolished in Jeremy Hunt's Budget | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2024: alcohol freeze 'not enough' says Upham Inns pub chain Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-68488461 | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces 2p National Insurance cut | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Hunt: UK growth higher than every large European economy | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Vape shop fears new tax could put customers off | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2024: Is the tax take the highest for 70 years? | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: An election giveaway but taxes will still rise | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Newscast: Everything you need to know about the Budget… and probably more | 2024-03-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Office for Budget Responsibility: What is the OBR and why does it matter? | 2024-03-05 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Apple fined €1.8bn by EU for breaking streaming rules | 2024-03-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Did the last Budget deliver growth and cheap beer? | 2024-03-04 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Miners' strike: Coal towns falling further behind - charity Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68437184 Explanation: :Interesting article on how former mining towns have continued to fall behind- an example of structural unemployment | 2024-03-04 |
| 2.1.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: PM at launch of £900m complex at former Honda Swindon site Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68452655 | 2024-03-04 |
Headline: 'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68412770 | 2024-03-03 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: AI and drones in £800m Budget technology package | 2024-03-03 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Why this won't be the Budget that Jeremy Hunt wanted | 2024-03-02 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Rents soar in towns as tenants priced out of cities | 2024-03-02 |
Headline: Miners' strike 1984: Why UK miners walked out and how it ended | 2024-03-02 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Boeing in takeover talks for Spirit Aerosystems Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68452269 Explanation: :A good example of vertical integration. | 2024-03-02 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: India economy beats expectations with 8.4% growth | 2024-03-01 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - 'I'd heard the big, bad, scary conversation about AI' | 2024-02-29 |
Headline: BBC News - Why firms are racing to produce green ammonia | 2024-02-28 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Disney plans $8.5bn merger for ailing India unit | 2024-02-28 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Hunt considers National Insurance cuts at Budget | 2024-02-27 |
| 1.6.6, 1.6.8 | Headline: Housebuilders probed over sharing prices privately | 2024-02-26 |
| 2.2.6 | Headline: BBC News - Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - The Mariana Mazzucato One - BBC Sounds Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wr1r Explanation: :A great interview with a fantastic economist that covers so many parts of the specification. | 2024-02-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: A memo to Britain’s chancellor, Jeremy Hunt Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/02/22/a-memo-to-britains-chancellor-jeremy-hunt Explanation: :Though very timely for March 2024, this article hits on some great ideas in fiscal policy- NICs vs Income tax, regressive taxation, stamp duty, marginal tax rates, and VAT thresholds. | 2024-02-22 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Robot inventor: 'We had to adapt to the AI revolution' | 2024-02-21 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: BBC News - The Body Shop to shut up to half of its UK stores | 2024-02-20 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK recession may already be over, says Bank of England boss | 2024-02-20 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Aston Martin recruits 400 for sports car jobs in Gaydon and St Athan Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-68336536 Explanation: :Demand for cars needs demand for car workers- an example of derived demand. | 2024-02-20 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: Israel's economy shrinks more than expected on Gaza war Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68337731 Explanation: :There is an economic impact of the Gaza war- Israel's GDP fell in Q4 2023. There is a direct mention in the components of AD here- consumer spending, exports, and investment. | 2024-02-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Baby formula milk prices to be investigated over cost concerns | 2024-02-20 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Currys takeover battle looms as JD.com eyes bid | 2024-02-19 |
| 1.5.1, 1.7.1, 1.6.7 | Headline: New controls on holiday lets to be introduced | 2024-02-19 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Lunar New Year: China tourism spending tops pre-Covid level | 2024-02-19 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Shop sales rebound in January as people sought new year deals | 2024-02-16 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Chase the blues away: American consumers are finally cheering up Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/02/16/american-consumers-are-finally-cheering-up | 2024-02-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - What is a recession and how could it affect me? | 2024-02-15 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: BBC News - Pryzm nightclub boss blames lack of students for closures | 2024-02-15 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.3 | Headline: UK economy fell into recession after people cut spending | 2024-02-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt considers reducing spending to fund tax cuts | 2024-02-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Faisal Islam: Should we care that the UK is in recession? | 2024-02-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt on recession: 'We expected growth to be weaker' | 2024-02-15 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: The horror story of HS2: How a flagship project became a parable of Britain’s problems Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/02/15/the-horror-story-of-hs2 Explanation: :A very detailed explanation of what went wrong with HS2- a pretty good example of government failure. | 2024-02-15 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: British Gas sees profits increase 10-fold | 2024-02-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Interest rates won't fall due to 4% inflation, says Bank boss | 2024-02-14 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: 'AI won't steal your job, but people using it may' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-68283847 Explanation: :A great video showing the application of new technology. If AI can produce marketing images, what will happen to the people whose job it is to produce these images? | 2024-02-14 |
| 2.2.3, 2.2.4 | Headline: Pay growth slows but still outpaces rising prices | 2024-02-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Why US economy is powering ahead of Europe's | 2024-02-13 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: BBC News - Schools in budget crisis as PFI charges soar Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-68207051 Explanation: :Cool supplement on PFI as a type of privatisation. These private contracts are meant to be more efficient and cost-effective- but what happens when they suddenly put up their prices? | 2024-02-12 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Taylor Swift at Super Bowl 58: How did pop star's attendance influence the NFL's big game? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/68270784 Explanation: :Check out the Swift effect on the sale of Kelce replica kit- a clear shift in demand! | 2024-02-12 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Fairness: the hidden currency of the workplace Explanation: :This is pretty long and mostly about business culture and fairness- but there's an interesting bit where it mentions that people get upset when prices rise for snow shovels after a storm. Also some interesting extensions on price discrimination. | 2024-02-11 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Laura Trott, Chief Secretary to the Treasury falters over 'basic' debt question Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-68250372 Explanation: :Interesting exchange- a video of Evan Davies and Laura Trott discussing debt-to-GDP figures and whether tax cuts are a good idea if debt is to come down | 2024-02-09 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Source oil and gas locally, urges Equinor energy boss Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68225830 Explanation: :This is interesting context as a counter-argument to comparative advantage theory. Perhaps a strategic industry such as energy should be sourced locally? So thinks the boss of a large energy company. | 2024-02-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House price rises highest for a year in January, Halifax says | 2024-02-08 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: BBC News - Thinking Allowed - Capitalism - BBC Sounds | 2024-02-07 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Statistics About The Most Popular Sodas In The World Link: https://gitnux.org/most-popular-sodas-in-the-world/ Explanation: :Facts about soft market share of soft drinks- an example of market concentration. | 2024-02-07 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Is Ireland's productivity boom real or 'artificial'? | 2024-02-06 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: BP reports second highest profit in decade Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68206788 Explanation: :You could apply this to perfect competition- higher/lower prices for your product change the profit you make! | 2024-02-06 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: More China tariffs if re-elected, Donald Trump says | 2024-02-05 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: BBC News - Private swimming pool in Cornwall increases prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-68029328 | 2024-02-04 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Water bills to rise above inflation in April | 2024-02-02 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England moving closer to interest rate cut | 2024-02-01 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: Shell reports lower profits as energy prices cool | 2024-02-01 |
| 3.1.1, 3.2.1 | Headline: Post-Brexit controls on food and farm imports start | 2024-01-31 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.2, 1.2.2 | Headline: Lower cost of tea eases January price rises | 2024-01-30 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.2 | Headline: IMF warns UK government against further tax cuts | 2024-01-30 |
| 3.2.1, 3.1.1 | Headline: New Brexit food checks will test Britain’s supply chains | 2024-01-30 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: HSBC fined £57.4m for customer deposit protection failings | 2024-01-30 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Toy Fair sellers chase 'kidults' with cuddly toy offering | 2024-01-28 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: UK-Canada trade rift: What it means for cheese, beef and cars | 2024-01-27 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: JK Rowling and Ed Sheeran estimated to be among UK's highest tax payers | 2024-01-26 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Vodafone-Three merger faces competition probe | 2024-01-26 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why private helicopters are still in demand | 2024-01-26 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban | 2024-01-26 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: US economy surprises with faster than expected growth | 2024-01-25 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods planning further price cuts | 2024-01-25 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Post Office scandal explained: What the Horizon saga is all about | 2024-01-24 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Drip pricing: Hidden fees for online customers set to be banned | 2024-01-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Lower UK government borrowing raises prospects of tax cuts | 2024-01-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Supermarket favourites victims of shrinkflation, consumer group Which? says | 2024-01-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: US home sales see worst year since 1995 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68035274 Explanation: :Interesting context here. Prices are still high, but home sales are down. The article explains that high interest rates are not just affecting buyers- but because re-mortgaging is expensive, many buyers are not willing to move and so there are fewer properties on the market- a shift left in supply curve. | 2024-01-20 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Which colour and material is most in vogue in 2024? | 2024-01-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hints at further tax cuts | 2024-01-19 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Amazon takeover of iRobot to be blocked by EU | 2024-01-19 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Married women in Japan are re-entering the labour market | 2024-01-18 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Britain’s Post Office scandal is a typical IT disaster Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/01/18/britains-post-office-scandal-is-a-typical-it-disaster | 2024-01-18 |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4 | Headline: Wage growth slows as UK job market begins to stall | 2024-01-16 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: More evidence to ban energy drinks for children, study finds | 2024-01-16 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Baby milk: Big supermarkets cut price of Aptamil formula | 2024-01-15 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - Value of seafood in Cornwall shown in new report Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-67957100 | 2024-01-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Will spiking shipping costs cause inflation to surge? | 2024-01-11 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The housing ladder, 1950-2005 Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/01/11/the-housing-ladder-1950-2005 | 2024-01-11 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: Sainsbury's sells record pigs in blankets and mince pies | 2024-01-10 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Can pop-up shops help to regenerate our High Streets? | 2024-01-10 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Has Team Transitory really won America’s inflation debate? | 2024-01-10 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Samsung warns of worse than expected profits fall | 2024-01-09 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Global economy set for weakest growth since pandemic, warns World Bank | 2024-01-09 |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: Strong US jobs growth dampens talk of rate cuts | 2024-01-06 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: The Explanation: What does the World Bank do? | 2024-01-06 |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: Sir Howard Davies: Not that difficult to buy a home, says NatWest chair Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67890334 Explanation: :This deals mostly with the affordability of housing in the UK- but there is a brilliant graph that shows house price index compared with weekly earnings. | 2024-01-05 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: How much could darts sensation Luke Littler earn? | 2024-01-04 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Sainsbury’s increases pay as supermarkets battle for staff | 2024-01-04 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: FTSE 100 bosses earn UK average salary in three days, says High Pay Centre | 2024-01-04 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: What do Red Sea assaults mean for global trade? | 2024-01-04 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Borrowers' pain eased as lenders cut mortgage rates | 2024-01-03 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: Finance and economics | Paths to prosperity How to get rich in the 21st century Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/01/02/how-to-get-rich-in-the-21st-century | 2024-01-02 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Period pants could get cheaper after VAT is removed | 2024-01-01 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.4,.2.3.1, 2.2.3 | Headline: How will the UK economy compare to other countries in 2024? | 2023-12-30 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices end the year 1.8% lower, says Nationwide | 2023-12-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - UK vinyl sales at the highest level since 1990 | 2023-12-28 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices to fall and rents to rise in 2024, forecasts suggest | 2023-12-26 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK at risk of recession after economy shrinks | 2023-12-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government borrowing higher than expected in November | 2023-12-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why is inflation higher in UK than other countries? | 2023-12-20 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: UK tipped for speedier rate cut after surprise inflation fall | 2023-12-20 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why French women don't wear high heels Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/12/20/why-french-women-no-longer-wear-high-heels | 2023-12-20 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Can the carbon-offset market be saved? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/12/20/can-the-carbon-offset-market-be-saved | 2023-12-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Fears of higher oil prices after Red Sea attacks | 2023-12-19 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Superdry profits hit after 'abnormally mild autumn' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67752414 Explanation: :An application of imperfect markets- a warm autumn means demand for winter clothing shifts left, affecting profits. | 2023-12-19 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Europe and US extend trade truce over Trump tariffs | 2023-12-19 |
Headline: Why LEDs haven't yet cut energy use for lighting | 2023-12-19 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Ofgem warning after Sir Grayson Perry energy bill saga | 2023-12-19 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Hollywood Bowl says minimum wage rise may lead to higher prices | 2023-12-18 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Pollack fishing: Setting quota to zero 'damaging' to South-West industry Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-67737277 | 2023-12-17 |
| 1.2.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Petrol prices fall to lowest level in two years | 2023-12-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The world’s richest countries in 2023 Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/12/15/the-worlds-richest-countries-in-2023 | 2023-12-15 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Why New York wants to be more like London Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/14/why-new-york-wants-to-be-more-like-london | 2023-12-14 |
| 1.6.4, 1.7.1 | Headline: London’s riotous pedicabs are about to be regulated Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/12/14/londons-riotous-pedicabs-are-about-to-be-regulated | 2023-12-14 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: BBC News - Cawdery killings: Deaths of pensioners could be repeated, coroner warns Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67708057 | 2023-12-13 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.4 | Headline: 'A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business' | 2023-12-13 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Developing Countries Paid Record $443.5 Billion on Public Debt in 2022 | 2023-12-13 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: World Bank warns record debt levels could put developing countries in crisis Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/13/world-bank-debt-levels-countries-crisis | 2023-12-13 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: COP 28: Can more investment unlock Africa’s solar potential? | 2023-12-11 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Train ticket websites warned over drip pricing | 2023-12-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: ‘Britain is broken.’ Dire poverty could usher in Victorian-era inequality Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/economy/csj-two-nations-report-uk-social-divide/index.html | 2023-12-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Gap between haves and have-nots widening, report warns | 2023-12-10 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Are bad bosses holding Northern Ireland back? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67662188 | 2023-12-10 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: US jobless rate falls to lowest level since July | 2023-12-09 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Blue fin tuna being caught and sold under new licences Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-67132803 | 2023-12-07 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Olive oil price skyrockets as Spanish drought bites | 2023-12-06 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Will curbs to migration hit the UK economy? | 2023-12-06 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Changes to UK visa requirements: Key points at-a-glance | 2023-12-05 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: How Britain plans to cut immigration Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/12/05/how-britain-plans-to-cut-immigration | 2023-12-05 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Tougher visa rules unveiled in plan to cut migration | 2023-12-05 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Rainforests provide a public good. The world should pay to conserve them | 2023-12-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: 'Red gold': Why saffron production is dwindling in India | 2023-12-01 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Dr Martens shares plunge after profit warning Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67576488 Explanation: :Looks like a classic case of weak sales hitting profits. Could you explain how lower demand leads to less profit using an imperfect market diagram? | 2023-11-30 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Why economists are at war over inequality Explanation: :There is debate amongst economists about the degree to which inequality has been rising in the past 50 years. A fascinating extension on this topic. | 2023-11-30 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: African leaders want debt relief for climate action | 2023-11-30 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: A quick guide to smoking bans across the world | 2023-11-28 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government spending plans 'a very big risk', says watchdog | 2023-11-28 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Clacton recovery scheme helps people 'feel human again' | 2023-11-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: No rate cuts for foreseeable future, says Bank | 2023-11-27 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government's shock reversal | 2023-11-27 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - Sunak welcomes foreign firms' £29.5bn 'vote of confidence' | 2023-11-26 |
| 2.1.2, 2.1.1 | Headline: Nissan to lead £2bn investment in UK electric car plant | 2023-11-24 |
Headline: Thatchers invite judge to 'taste test' in row with Aldi Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67517698 | 2023-11-24 | |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Fly-tipped waste blocks rural unlit road | 2023-11-24 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The Dark Hedges are dying Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/11/24/the-dark-hedges-are-dying Explanation: :The dark hedges are a line of trees in Northern Ireland. People want to visit them because they're featured in Game of Thrones. All the people going there mean the soil is compacted and the hedges are dying. An example of a common good? | 2023-11-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: How much money does the UK government raise and spend each year? | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.1 | Headline: The hidden tax rise in the Autumn Statement | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chris Mason: Three things really matter in Autumn Statement | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt cuts National Insurance but tax burden still rises | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Autumn Statement 2023: National Insurance and more key announcements by Jeremy Hunt | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Benefits increase as fit-to-work rules tightened | 2023-11-23 |
| 1.3.1, 3.2.1 | Headline: UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000 | 2023-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: NI and business tax cuts expected in Autumn Statement | 2023-11-22 |
| 2.3.1, 2.1.2 | Headline: Britain’s autumn statement got business taxes right Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/22/britains-autumn-statement-got-business-taxes-right | 2023-11-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What the Autumn Statement means for you and your money | 2023-11-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Britain’s chancellor offers tax cuts and fiscal trickery Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/11/22/britains-chancellor-offers-tax-cuts-and-fiscal-trickery | 2023-11-22 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: BBC Bitsize: Rebuilding the country after 1945 - WJEC Nationalisation of the key industries Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsd68mn/revision/6 | 2023-11-21 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Deliveroo drivers cannot be unionised, Supreme Court rules Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67484101 Explanation: :Supreme court rules that Deliveroo drivers can't be in a union- this will shift supply of labour to the right. | 2023-11-21 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage to rise to £11.44 per hour | 2023-11-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Bank of England governor says don't underestimate inflation Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67474899 Explanation: :BoE Governor Andrew Bailey warns that inflation may not fall as fast as some people hope- a testament to the fact that expectations may linger and keep it high. | 2023-11-21 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Britain’s native farm animals can be rarer than giant pandas | 2023-11-21 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: ‘I was addicted to social media - now I'm suing Big Tech’ | 2023-11-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Rishi Sunak: The time has come to cut tax | 2023-11-20 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt wants to improve Britain’s public-sector productivity | 2023-11-20 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt considering cuts to inheritance tax | 2023-11-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Rishi Sunak sets out how pothole funding from HS2 savings to be used | 2023-11-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What is inheritance tax and will it be cut? | 2023-11-17 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Retail sales hit lowest level since 2021 lockdowns | 2023-11-17 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Mars to buy Hotel Chocolat to help expansion overseas | 2023-11-16 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: How factories are deploying AI on production lines | 2023-11-16 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: PepsiCo sued by New York state for plastic pollution | 2023-11-16 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: If Labour is to succeed in power, it must fix the Treasury | 2023-11-16 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Why Britain’s Treasury must change its ways Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/11/16/why-britains-treasury-must-change-its-ways | 2023-11-16 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: South East Water: Ofwat investigates possible supply failures | 2023-11-16 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Price paid for offshore power to rise by over 50% | 2023-11-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation slows to 4.6% as government says pledge met | 2023-11-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: What a falling inflation rate means for your finances | 2023-11-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Can government claim credit for fall in inflation? | 2023-11-15 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Starbucks faces walkout at hundreds of US stores | 2023-11-15 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Barbie movie added £80m to UK economy and used 6,000 extras, Warner Bros says Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67424481 | 2023-11-15 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: UK soft drinks levy linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction | 2023-11-15 |
| 2.2.4, 1.3.1 | Headline: Pay rises outstrip inflation by most for two years Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67402491 Explanation: :Great graph on real vs nominal pay. | 2023-11-14 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Royal Mail fined £5.6m for missing delivery targets | 2023-11-13 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofcom will not tell GB News to stop hiring politicians Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67396474 | 2023-11-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Pay rises outstrip inflation by most for two years | 2023-11-12 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Fuel prices still cause for concern, warns watchdog | 2023-11-10 |
Headline: In praise of America’s car addiction from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/11/09/in-praise-of-americas-car-addiction | 2023-11-09 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Time to take a wrecking ball to realtors’ fees in America from TheEconomist | 2023-11-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Global wine production falls to 62-year low in 2023 | 2023-11-07 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will put an end to work | 2023-11-03 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices in biggest rise for more than a year Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67282657 Explanation: :House prices are on the rise- but more due to lack of supply than an increase in demand. | 2023-11-01 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: The flashing warning sign that is worrying investors Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67262339 Explanation: :Government borrowing is increasing- and this is worrying investors. | 2023-11-01 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: CEO Secrets: ‘Pumpkins saved my business but almost squashed me’ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-67265905 Explanation: :Demand shifting right due to a great marketing idea- plus it's a story about pumpkins! | 2023-10-31 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Why doctors in America earn so much from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/10/31/why-doctors-in-america-earn-so-much | 2023-10-31 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Little Britain sketch racist and outdated, Ofcom audience research says Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67273423 | 2023-10-31 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Welcome to the age of the hermit consumer from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/22/welcome-to-the-age-of-the-hermit-consumer | 2023-10-26 |
Headline: The economics of pumpkin patches from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/10/26/the-economics-of-pumpkin-patches | 2023-10-26 | |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The Republican Party no longer believes America is the essential nation from TheEconomist | 2023-10-26 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: Barbie movie reverses Mattel's toy sales slump | 2023-10-26 |
| 2.2.3, 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates tipped to be held as jobs market weakens | 2023-10-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Warm weather hits clothing sales in September | 2023-10-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Moody's boosts view of UK after mini-Budget chaos | 2023-10-20 |
| 1.6.5, 1.5.3 | Headline: Amazon pledges parcels in an hour using drone deliveries | 2023-10-19 |
| 1.6.5, 1.5.3 | Headline: Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff | 2023-10-19 |
| 2.1.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Wages overtake inflation for first time in nearly two years | 2023-10-17 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Vodafone and Three deny merger will push up prices | 2023-10-17 |
| 1.5.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Vodafone and Three deny merger will push up prices | 2023-10-17 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing | 2023-10-17 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: The Lincolnshire village honoured in every Disney film since 2006 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67102341 | 2023-10-16 |
Headline: How Disney Took Over The World Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/NUgROc189X/disney-100-years | 2023-10-15 | |
| 1.6.7, 1.5.2 | Headline: Call of Duty maker Activision to be bought by Microsoft | 2023-10-13 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Why young consumers love Birkenstocks from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/10/12/why-young-consumers-love-birkenstocks | 2023-10-12 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: US inflation: Higher fuel costs keep driving consumer prices | 2023-10-12 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Podcasts | Money Talks Why Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize for economics Link: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/10/12/why-claudia-goldin-won-the-nobel-prize-for-economics | 2023-10-12 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Who is polluting the ocean with plastic? | 2023-10-11 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: BBC News - IMF: What is it and why does it matter? | 2023-10-10 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: How economists have underestimated Chinese consumption from TheEconomist | 2023-10-10 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Oil prices rise following Hamas attack on Israel Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67050612 Explanation: :They key context is that Israel is in the middle east, a prime area for oil production. What will this increased disruption do for the supply curve for oil? | 2023-10-09 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on women's pay | 2023-10-09 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The hunt for a new way to tackle clothing waste Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66985595 Explanation: :There is a negative externality associated with clothing- specifically what do we do with the clothing once it has been used? | 2023-10-09 |
Headline: Claudia Goldin wins the Nobel prize in economics from TheEconomist | 2023-10-09 | |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Finance and economics | Golden Goldin Claudia Goldin wins the Nobel prize in economics | 2023-10-09 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Labour conference votes to nationalise energy | 2023-10-09 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Nevada lithium mine leads to 'green colonialism' accusations | 2023-10-08 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Energy firms holding £8.1bn of customers' money | 2023-10-07 |
| 2.1.4 | Headline: Taxpayers to pay £40bn due to threshold freeze, think tank says | 2023-10-07 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The world economy: Homeland Economics | 2023-10-07 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rishi Sunak defends his plan to ban smoking for younger generation | 2023-10-05 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: HS2: Why Rishi Sunak's big gamble may not pay off Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67003881 Explanation: :Rishi Sunak is not spending money on HS2 to fix potholes- a good example of difference between capital and revenue expenditure. | 2023-10-05 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Electric car sales to private buyers fall sharply | 2023-10-05 |
| 1.6.7, 1.6.5 | Headline: Amazon and Microsoft to face cloud computing competition probe | 2023-10-05 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Are free markets history? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/05/are-free-markets-history | 2023-10-05 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Lough Neagh: Why is the UK's largest lake turning toxic green? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-66998508 | 2023-10-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak | 2023-10-04 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Greggs says sales up by more than fifth in latest quarter Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66992515 Explanation: :The bakery Greggs is expanding and seeing sales rise because people are feeling squeezed incomes and looking for a cheap breakfast. Possibly a sign of being an inferior good? | 2023-10-03 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Boohoo slashes sales forecast as shoppers cut back | 2023-10-03 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Yorkshire Water vows to cut sewage overflow into Scarborough sea Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66984823 | 2023-10-03 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: The people going 'monk mode' to limit social media use Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66934688 Explanation: :Love this critique of rationality- there is now an app (which you pay for) which enables users to block notifications from the internet. But if people were perfectly rational why would they need to restrict their access? | 2023-10-02 |
| 1.1.2 | Headline: Can tech stop India wasting so much of its harvest? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66717353 Explanation: :It seems like technology will enable India to produce more agricultural goods. | 2023-10-02 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: UK Windows and Doors: 500 jobs lost as firm goes bust | 2023-10-02 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics” | 2023-10-02 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Video: Busting globalisation myths Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/10/02/video-busting-globalisation-myths | 2023-10-02 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Water firms want bill rises to cut leaks and spills | 2023-10-02 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: How carbon prices are taking over the world | 2023-10-01 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Glastonbury Festival 2024 tickets rise to £360 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66971101 | 2023-09-30 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy grew faster than estimated since Covid | 2023-09-30 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What is the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and how much do they pay? | 2023-09-29 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: The deep rooted problem holding back the UK economy | 2023-09-29 |
| 1.1.3, 2.1.2 | Headline: The deep rooted problem holding back the UK economy | 2023-09-28 |
Headline: Little Moons boss: 'If you can't see it, you can't be it' | 2023-09-27 | |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: Amazon: US accuses online giant of illegal monopoly | 2023-09-27 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Shrinkflation strikes again as Galaxy chocolate gets smaller | 2023-09-27 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: GB News suspends Laurence Fox over comments about journalist Ava Evans | 2023-09-27 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Water firms forced to pay back customers for poor performance | 2023-09-26 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: America’s resilient property market Link: https://espresso.economist.com/1721f00a322cee1c00c5703f21b6cf18 | 2023-09-26 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: Ros Atkins on… How the HS2 plan changed over the years Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-66919190 Explanation: :HS2 rail project- it seems that the government is weighing up whether the benefits are worth the spending on it. | 2023-09-26 |
| 1.5.3 | Headline: Amazon takes on Microsoft as it invests billions in Anthropic Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66914338 Explanation: :A good example of dynamic efficiency | 2023-09-25 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles | 2023-09-25 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Shopping habits have changed for good, says Aldi | 2023-09-25 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Electric car rules could cost carmakers billions | 2023-09-25 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The inside story of the mini-budget disaster | 2023-09-25 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: Why Britain’s government would be wrong to cut HS2 Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/09/25/why-britains-government-would-be-wrong-to-cut-hs2 | 2023-09-25 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: NME: The high-end magazines making a vinyl-style comeback | 2023-09-23 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Firms still forced to sell more electric cars despite petrol ban delay | 2023-09-23 |
| 6.1.4 | Headline: UK's oldest rose-growing firm Cants of Colchester to close | 2023-09-22 |
| 1.5.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Microsoft's new Call of Duty deal set for UK approval | 2023-09-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax cuts 'virtually impossible' at present, says Jeremy Hunt | 2023-09-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government borrowing rose to £11.6bn in August | 2023-09-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The legacy of Liz Truss Is Britain still paying a moron risk premium? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/09/21/the-legacy-of-liz-truss | 2023-09-21 |
| 2.1.4, 1.3.1 | Headline: What supermarkets reveal about Britain’s economy Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/09/21/what-supermarkets-reveal-about-britains-economy | 2023-09-21 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: More online TV channels could face regulation | 2023-09-21 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: To end AIDS, high-risk countries will need to jab schoolgirls | 2023-09-21 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.4 | Headline: Does China’s fear of floating exceed its fear of deflation? | 2023-09-21 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Forget LA – it’s British film studios that are in demand | 2023-09-20 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: The turbo-charged plants that could boost farm output | 2023-09-19 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: The resumption of student-loan payments will hit American growth from TheEconomist | 2023-09-14 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Why Britain has a unique problem with economic inactivity from TheEconomist | 2023-09-14 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Why Britain has a unique problem with economic inactivity | 2023-09-14 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: France's Carrefour puts up 'shrinkflation' warning signs | 2023-09-14 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: An MIT economist explains congestion pricing Link: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-09-14/an-mit-economist-explains-congestion-pricing | 2023-09-14 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - Slug & Lettuce owner to charge more at peak hours | 2023-09-12 |
Headline: BBC News - Vet prices: 'I spent £12,000 on my pug' | 2023-09-07 | |
Headline: BBC News - Vet prices review over fears pet owners are being overcharged | 2023-09-07 | |
| 1.1.2 | Headline: New 20mph speed limit will save lives - Mark Drakeford | 2023-09-07 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Vet prices review over fears pet owners are being overcharged | 2023-09-07 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - The million-dollar hustle changing US sport - how college football athletes are cashing in Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/66713731 | 2023-09-06 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Britain is losing its way in cutting carbon Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/09/05/britain-is-losing-its-way-in-cutting-carbon | 2023-09-05 |
| 1.1.2, 1.5 | Headline: BBC News - Fuel price rises push up cost of full tank by around £4 | 2023-09-04 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Airlines could face crackdown on hidden fees | 2023-09-04 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Britain’s statisticians fix a blunder and find a bigger economy from TheEconomist | 2023-09-04 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: How Europe’s new digital law will change the internet from TheEconomist | 2023-09-04 |
Headline: BBC News - Jamaica country profile Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18784061 | 2023-08-30 | |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh from TheEconomist | 2023-08-29 |
| 1.1.2 | Headline: How the Blitz changed London for the better from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2023/08/24/how-the-blitz-changed-london-for-the-better | 2023-08-24 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: Italy’s beaches are a battleground of the European economy from TheEconomist | 2023-08-24 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Bank fined £5.4m after energy traders used WhatsApp | 2023-08-23 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: America’s pandemic savings are running out from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/08/21/americas-pandemic-savings-are-running-out | 2023-08-21 |
| 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Britain should scrap its green belt from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/08/17/britain-should-scrap-its-green-belt | 2023-08-17 |
| 3.1.1, 3.3.1 | Headline: To reach its economic potential, India must abandon protectionism from TheEconomist | 2023-08-17 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Britain’s green belt is choking the economy from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2023/08/17/britains-green-belt-is-choking-the-economy | 2023-08-17 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: London buyers still pushing up Cotswold house prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66498511 | 2023-08-16 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: UK heatwave: Some food supplies could be hit, warn farmers | 2023-08-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Period pants should not be subject to 20% VAT, say firms | 2023-08-10 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Deflation and default haunt China’s economy | 2023-08-10 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Bad weather stops farmers from shearing sheep | 2023-08-08 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Wiltshire farmer 'heartbroken' as weather hits wheat crop Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66439770 | 2023-08-08 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: GB News: Politicians' shows under scrutiny in new Ofcom investigations Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66426544 | 2023-08-07 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Britain’s rotten buildings reflect its dismal public services from TheEconomist | 2023-08-06 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: The dollar is now better value, says the Big Mac index from TheEconomist | 2023-08-03 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Bud Light boycott over trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney hits beer giant's sales Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66398296 Explanation: :Bud light sees demand fall in the USA. | 2023-08-03 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Tax jumps on wine and spirits but falls on fizz | 2023-08-01 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Quantitative easing has cost hundreds of billions of dollars from TheEconomist | 2023-07-31 |
| 3.3.1, 2.2.2 | Headline: Horrifying numbers of Americans will not make it to old age from TheEconomist | 2023-07-31 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofgem's new rules to prevent energy firms going bust | 2023-07-26 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Rare Apple computer trainers on sale for $50,000 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66290382 Explanation: :This is an amazing price for an old pair of shoes! When considering the equilibrium in this market don't worry about the shift in demand- just assume that the demand is very high. Model with the supply curve in a certain way to explain this high price. | 2023-07-25 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Why is technology not making us more productive? | 2023-07-24 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war: Wheat prices soar after Russia threatens ships | 2023-07-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why Russia’s bombings of Ukrainian ports have jolted wheat prices from TheEconomist | 2023-07-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: The winners and losers from the $69bn Microsoft-Activision mega-deal from TheEconomist | 2023-07-20 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Netflix password crackdown fuels jump in subscribers Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66240390 Explanation: :It looks like a crackdown on password sharing has made Netflix more excludable. | 2023-07-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war: Wheat prices soar after Russia threatens ships | 2023-07-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: British inflation may not be as sticky as thought from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/07/19/british-inflation-may-not-be-as-sticky-as-thought | 2023-07-19 |
| 1.1.3, 1.5.3 | Headline: Your employer is (probably) unprepared for artificial intelligence from TheEconomist | 2023-07-16 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: CPTPP: UK agrees to join Asia's trade club but what is it? | 2023-07-16 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Subsidies and protection for manufacturing will harm the world economy from TheEconomist | 2023-07-13 |
| 1.5.3 | Headline: Is big business really getting too big? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/07/12/is-big-business-really-getting-too-big Explanation: :This has so much good stuff- mostly on concentration and barriers to entry. | 2023-07-12 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Thames Water: nationalisation is not the way forward says new chairman | 2023-07-12 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Bank of America fined for junk fees and fake accounts | 2023-07-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Pick-your-own strawberry growers warn of disappointing year | 2023-07-10 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: By Invitation | Privatisation Mathew Lawrence on why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain | 2023-07-10 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: BBC News - Ofwat complacent over Thames Water affair - MP | 2023-07-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofwat complacent over Thames Water affair - MP | 2023-07-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: How to understand the woeful state of Britain’s water utilities from TheEconomist | 2023-07-06 |
| 2.2.4, 1.4.1 | Headline: “Greedflation” is a nonsense idea from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/07/06/greedflation-is-a-nonsense-idea | 2023-07-06 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: By Invitation | Privatisation Thames Water may be troubled but privatisation has served Britain well, argues Michael Howard | 2023-07-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Thames Water customers will not pay more if firm collapses | 2023-07-05 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: Threads: Instagram owner to launch Twitter rival on Thursday | 2023-07-04 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China curbs exports of key computer chip materials | 2023-07-04 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/07/04/the-musk-zuckerberg-social-media-smackdown | 2023-07-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: New Zealand bans plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets | 2023-07-03 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Elon Musk: Tesla delivers record number of cars after price cuts Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66083329 Explanation: :Price drops and more sales- classic extension in demand! | 2023-07-03 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Dutch to restrict chip equipment exports amid US pressure | 2023-07-01 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: No free lunch for nationalisation of water firm says Lord Howard | 2023-07-01 |
| 2.1.3, 2.2.2 | Headline: US economy stronger than reported at start of 2023 | 2023-06-30 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: Water should be a simple business - why isn't it? | 2023-06-30 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: Why is Thames Water in so much trouble? | 2023-06-30 |
| 1.4.1, 1.3.1 | Headline: Pokemon Go maker Niantic cuts a quarter of its workforce Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66062372 Explanation: :Classic explanation of derived demand for labour- less demand for video games means less demand for video game programmers. | 2023-06-30 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: MSCHF microscopic bag 'smaller than grain of salt' sells for $63,750 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66052679 Explanation: :How can we explain this high price? Inelastic supply because there's just one of them? High demand because of hype? | 2023-06-30 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Lighthouse lights are losing their sweep Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/06/27/lighthouse-lights-are-losing-their-sweep Explanation: :Very cool article about lighthouse building (they feature Trevose!!!). Of course a good example of public goods. | 2023-06-27 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: As Britons grow more unhappy with Brexit, what happens next? | 2023-06-27 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Cost of living: Felixstowe bakery gets energy rate reduced Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-65998459 Explanation: :A bakery saw its energy costs go up by 700%! An example of increase in variable costs. | 2023-06-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Sunny weather sees people splash out on new clothes | 2023-06-23 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Kenya-EU trade deal: Why the East African Community was left out | 2023-06-23 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3 | Headline: Vaping among schoolchildren has become a moral panic in Britain from TheEconomist | 2023-06-23 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Zambian President Hichilema's $6bn debt deal hailed as 'historic Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65997830 Explanation: :This is a great example of an LEDC securing new terms for its debt repayments (not complete debt forgiveness), with strong links to how this will improve its economic growth and developemnt. | 2023-06-23 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates: Bank of England boss denies wanting recession as rates rise | 2023-06-22 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates set to rise for 13th time in a row | 2023-06-22 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates: Bank of England boss denies wanting recession as rates rise | 2023-06-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Investors must prepare for sustained higher inflation from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/22/investors-must-prepare-for-sustained-higher-inflation | 2023-06-22 |
| 2.2.4 2.1.8 | Headline: BBC News - UK inflation shock: This is really grim | 2023-06-21 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.5, 2.3.1, 2.2.3, 2.1.8, 2.3.2 | Headline: Britain’s inflation pain is mostly self-inflicted and getting worse from TheEconomist Explanation: :This is a great article about inflation, but it links to so many others: Supply and Demand, Aggregate Supply, Labour Supply/Unemployment, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, and the Phillips Curve. | 2023-06-21 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Mortgage crisis: 'We can't pay an extra £1,400 a month' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-65761233 | 2023-06-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Rent: 'We've got £1,750 a month and can't find anywhere Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65903095 Explanation: :The basic point here is that rents are rising. What is happening to demand? What does supply look like in this rental market? | 2023-06-20 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The workers already replaced by artificial intelligence | 2023-06-16 |
| 1.6 | Headline: Which sport is the best business? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/06/15/which-sport-is-the-best-business | 2023-06-15 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: Pay rise surprise leads to forecasts of higher interest rates Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65876822 Explanation: :The headline here says it all- higher wages (leads to higher inflation) leads to higher interest rates. The wage-price spiral at work. | 2023-06-13 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: US moves to block Microsoft's Activision takeover | 2023-06-13 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Port Talbot: Tata boss calls for subsidies to be greener | 2023-06-13 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: People told to only use water for essential use | 2023-06-13 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: What is Ofsted and how do inspections work? | 2023-06-13 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Tuffnells: Parcel firm goes bust with loss of more than 2,000 jobs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-65880745 | 2023-06-12 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: Meatless Farm: Vegan mince firm on brink of collapse | 2023-06-12 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Danone boss calls for higher taxes on unhealthy food | 2023-06-12 |
| 1.2.2, 1.2.4 | Headline: 'Massive shift' in food shopping habits as prices soar Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65820543 Explanation: :Prices are going up and real income is going down- so people are shopping around. A pretty clear link to YED and inferior goods. | 2023-06-08 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Banks accused of 'measly' interest rates on savings Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65844839 Explanation: :Interesting how interest rates rising are supposed to help savers- but only if the banks pass on the rise! | 2023-06-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: More pain for renters as landlords look to sell up Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65833840 Explanation: :Interest rates are going up so landlords are selling their rental units- leaving those who are renting to face higher prices! Think carefully about which curve is shifting here when modelling this. | 2023-06-08 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: Rising rates to hit housing demand, builder says Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce76yw29gdwo Explanation: :A pretty clear application of what will affect demand | 2023-06-08 |
Headline: Why Singapore is the only place in the world selling lab-grown meat | 2023-06-08 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Around Noon: Newry food business buys London sandwich company Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65834562 | 2023-06-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Rishi Sunak to raise trade issues in US talks with Joe Biden | 2023-06-07 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices in first annual fall for 11 years, says the Halifax Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65825576 Explanation: :A classic fall in demand leading to lower prices- because interest rates (the price of a mortgages, a complementary product to houses) are going up. | 2023-06-07 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Immigration can help push down UK inflation, says IMF deputy Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65815254 Explanation: :More immigration means more workers, so more labour (a factor of production). A clear link to supply-side policies. | 2023-06-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Energy giant SSE to pay £9.8m penalty for pricing breach Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-65818341 | 2023-06-06 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Walkers to get £58m investment at Leicester crisp factory Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-65779940 | 2023-06-06 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Ban disposable vapes to protect children - doctors | 2023-06-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Energy giant SSE to pay £9.8m penalty for pricing breach Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-65818341 | 2023-06-06 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Oil prices rise as Saudi Arabia pledges output cuts | 2023-06-05 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Lidl next to vac pack mince despite Sainsbury's 'mush' complaints | 2023-06-05 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us? | 2023-06-05 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US-Taiwan relations: New trade deal signed as China tensions rise | 2023-06-02 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: What does the perfect carbon price look like? | 2023-06-01 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - US debt ceiling: Democrats and Republicans agree deal in principle, Joe Biden says | 2023-05-28 |
| 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Hunt will back more interest rate rises even if they push UK to recession Explanation: :This is a great example of the conflict between business objectives- in this case the classic conflict between growth and inflation. This is pretty simple economics. The only thing that's surprising is how surprising this seems to be to the media. Everybody knows that bringing down inflation can be painful- yet this seems to be the news story? | 2023-05-26 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Mortgage rates rise after inflation surprise Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65713905 Explanation: :Interest rates go up and this affects people on mortgages- as is explained in the article. | 2023-05-26 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Starling Bank chief Anne Boden to step down amid record profit | 2023-05-25 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation: Food prices 'worryingly high' as sugar and milk soar | 2023-05-24 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Netflix expands password sharing crackdown to UK Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65691127 Explanation: :We often think that Netflix is a club good- excludable but non-rivalrous. But apparently some people share their passwords in an order to not pay- suggesting non-excludability. Is Netflix trying to make their service more excludable? | 2023-05-24 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Virgin Orbit: Branson’s rocket dream ends after mission failure Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65692302 Explanation: :A real shame that Virgin Orbit is shutting down- what will be the future of Cornwall's space industry? | 2023-05-24 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Chip war: Apple strikes major US-made semiconductor deal | 2023-05-24 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Swadlincote ex-builder opens barber shop in back garden Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65671458 Explanation: :This is a lovely example of the low barriers to entry that exist in Monopolistic Competition! | 2023-05-24 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Rachel Reeves unveils Labour's Joe Biden-inspired economic strategy | 2023-05-24 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions | 2023-05-23 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - IMF: What is it and why does it matter? | 2023-05-23 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: IMF expects UK economy to avoid recession | 2023-05-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Food price inflation dips for second month in a row | 2023-05-23 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Meta loses millions as made to sell Giphy to Shutterstock | 2023-05-23 |
| 2.3.5, 1.3.1 | Headline: Top economist calls for 'lenient' migration rules | 2023-05-23 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Why car parks are the hottest space in solar power | 2023-05-23 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Beach hut goes on sale with £250,000 price tag Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gpljwwlveo Explanation: :Okay pretty wild price for a beach hut. Model the supply. Assume demand is high. Use this to explain the price. | 2023-05-23 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects | 2023-05-22 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Confectionery firms try to sugar coat price rises | 2023-05-22 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Interest rate 'rigging' evidence 'covered up' by banks Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65635243 Explanation: :Evidence of the market failure that can happen in the financial market. | 2023-05-22 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: Meta: Facebook owner fined €1.2bn for mishandling data | 2023-05-22 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Ryanair returns to profit as fares jump | 2023-05-22 |
| 2.2.4, 1.2.2 | Headline: Why food bills aren't shrinking - five things to know | 2023-05-22 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Newquay Boardmasters consults on growth plans Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-65668596.amp | 2023-05-22 |
| 1.1.3, 1.4.1, 2.2.3 | Headline: BBC News - Long-term sick: How record number changes UK economy | 2023-05-20 |
| 2.2.6, 2.3.1 | Headline: Could a US debt default unleash global chaos? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65633280 Explanation: :A great video explaining why the US has reached the debt ceiling- and explanations for why it would be so bad if the US defaulted on debt. | 2023-05-19 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Londonderry: More than 100 jobs to be cut at Seagate factory Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65371598 | 2023-05-19 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Asda consults on cutting pay for 7,000 workers | 2023-05-19 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Ghana IMF loan: Will $3bn solve the economic crisis? | 2023-05-19 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Labour would build on green belt to boost housing, says Starmer Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65619675 Explanation: :Labour wants to build more houses- which would bring down their prices and help the UK economy to grow. | 2023-05-18 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: TikTok: Montana to become first US state to ban app on personal devices | 2023-05-18 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ovo and Good Energy forced to refund overcharged customers | 2023-05-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why inflation is falling but prices are still rising | 2023-05-17 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Surf champion Lucy Campbell says her sport must be greener Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65563622 | 2023-05-16 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Greggs bakery sales up nearly a fifth in past year Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65607899 Explanation: :A cool example of a company increasing sales the old-fashioned way: by marketing popular products. | 2023-05-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Teachers and nurses dragged into higher taxes, warns think tank Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65608331 Explanation: :A brilliant example of a cost of inflation- fiscal drag! | 2023-05-16 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Africa faces a mounting debt crisis Link: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/05/16/africa-faces-a-mounting-debt-crisis Explanation: :This is a very interesting (though slightly long) explanation of the challenge of African countries' debt burden. | 2023-05-16 |
| 2.3.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Scrap tax on sunscreen, say cancer charities Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65557091 Explanation: :Get rid of VAT on this merit good- apparently VAT adds £1.50 per bottle! | 2023-05-15 |
| 1.7.2, 1.6.7, 1.5.1 | Headline: Should social media face-altering filters be regulated? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65544054 Explanation: :Is there market failure going on when people manipulate their image when posting on social media? What type of cost does this impose on society that would suggest it should be regulated? And does this increase the barriers to entry for new tech firms? | 2023-05-15 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Disney+ and Hulu to combine content in single app Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65553932 Explanation: :Here's a good example of what you can gain through a horizontal merger. | 2023-05-15 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Train fruit pickers and lorry drivers to cut migration, says Suella Braverman | 2023-05-15 |
| 3.1.1. | Headline: Is the UK too late to beat the US in the global trade war? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65573775 Explanation: :There are large subsidies in the USA for the green economy- so long as the companies are located in the USA. This is an example of a subsidy acting as a form of protectionism. Can the UK compete? | 2023-05-14 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Ferrari resists pressure to phase out combustion engine | 2023-05-14 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy: Cost of living and strikes weigh on growth | 2023-05-12 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Holiday car hire costs soar since pandemic, says Which? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65566323 Explanation: :This is a classic supply and demand example- demand for holiday cars has soared, but there's a limited stock. So prices can only rise. | 2023-05-12 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: What are interest rates? A quick guide | 2023-05-11 |
| 1.1.2, 1.1.3 | Headline: Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain's roads Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65533993 Explanation: :This seems like a rule change that will increase UK's PPF/improve productivity: longer lorries will meant that one driver can transport more goods. | 2023-05-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: US inflation below 5% for first time in two years | 2023-05-11 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: UK interest rates: Prices to be higher for longer, Bank of England warns | 2023-05-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Investors brace for a painful crash into America’s debt-ceiling Explanation: :This is a really interesting article that considers what would happen if the USA were to default on its debt (unfortunately a possibility in June 2023!). There is a great bit explaining why it would be so bad if T-bills (treasury bills, i.e. the bonds) defaulted- mostly because so many businesses hold them as a super-safe asset. So if the government were to default, many businesses would not have cash to pay for their usual commitments. | 2023-05-10 |
| 1.2.2, 1.6.6 | Headline: Sainsbury's cuts own-brand bread and butter prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65531197 Explanation: :A classic bit of supply and demand- wholesale prices go down, so we should expect for supply to shift right and for prices to fall. But supermarkets have their own market power- will they pass on lower costs to customers? | 2023-05-09 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: Apple farmers struggle amid rising costs, grower says Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65536717 | 2023-05-09 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Janet Yellen warns of debt ceiling 'catastrophe' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65522169 Explanation: :This is unfortunate- politicians are wrangling over whether to approve more debt to be issued by the US government, with awful results if there is no agreement! | 2023-05-08 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Will the US default on debt on 1 June? A really simple guide to debt ceiling | 2023-05-08 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Sunday sunshine helps Coronation pub takings Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65524830 Explanation: :A simple right shift in Demand- due to sunny weather! | 2023-05-08 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Economist reads | Money, money, money Six books that tell the history of money Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-reads/2023/05/08/six-books-that-tell-the-history-of-money | 2023-05-08 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: US job creation robust despite banking crisis | 2023-05-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: US interest rates raised to highest level in 16 years | 2023-05-05 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Governments are living in a fiscal fantasyland from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/05/04/governments-are-living-in-a-fiscal-fantasyland | 2023-05-04 |
| 1.6.7, 3.2.1 | Headline: Britain takes a more sensible approach to post-Brexit regulation from TheEconomist | 2023-05-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Europe will need to fundamentally reset its fiscal policies | 2023-05-04 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world | 2023-05-04 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: AI investigated in UK over fears of domination | 2023-05-04 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Kenya's Free Money Experiment Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fl02p2 Explanation: :A very interesting approach to improving development in Kenya- ensuring money flows go directly to the people who need it. | 2023-05-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Britain | Bus swap Wrightbus bets on hydrogen buses Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/05/04/wrightbus-bets-on-hydrogen-buses Explanation: :Interesting explanation on a possible solution to global warming- hydrogen-powered busses. | 2023-05-04 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: How to shore up America’s banks after First Republic’s demise from TheEconomist | 2023-05-03 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: AI: Which jobs are most at risk from the technology? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65459827 Explanation: :A perspective on whether AI will replace workers- hence affecting the demand curve for labour. | 2023-05-03 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: UK house prices in surprise rise in April, says Nationwide | 2023-05-02 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Banks: Is this a banking crisis - how worried should I be? | 2023-05-02 |
| 1.1.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Where property prices are set by what local people earn | 2023-05-01 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: By Invitation | Banking: Andreas Wesemann asks what government-backed deposit insurance is for | 2023-05-01 |
Headline: What is the special district at the heart of Disney’s feud with Ron DeSantis? | 2023-05-01 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Britain shoots down Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/04/26/britain-shoots-down-microsofts-69bn-activision-deal | 2023-04-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Peru’s ‘fast and furious’ blueberry boom | 2023-04-27 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Furious Microsoft boss says confidence in UK 'severely shaken' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65407005.amp Explanation: :The consequence of the CMA's decision against the takeover of Activision- Microsoft's boss saying that the EU is a better place to start a business. | 2023-04-27 |
| 2.1.3, 2.2.2 | Headline: US economic growth slows as firms cut investment Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65414174 Explanation: :A clear example of how investment, an element of AD, can influence economic growth. | 2023-04-27 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard hit out as UK regulator blocks takeover Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65378617 | 2023-04-26 |
| 1.6.7, 1.5.2 | Headline: Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal: What you need to know | 2023-04-26 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: Bank of England: 'Accept' you are poorer remark sparks backlash Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65397276 Explanation: :Economically this makes sense, even if it is a PR disaster! Remember that inflation will be affected by inflationary expectations (the wage-price spiral). So you can see that the Bank of England would like for workers to stop bidding up their wages, even if it does make them look out of touch! | 2023-04-26 |
| 2.1.2, 3.1.1 | Headline: UK car parts giant Unipart may shift investment to US Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65393337 Explanation: :So a fall in investment would dent the UK's AD (because investment is a component of AD). This is also a story about the very generous levels of green subsidies that are being handed out in the USA right now. | 2023-04-26 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Who wins and who loses from new Australia trade deal? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65390109 Explanation: :A perspective on the winners and losers of the upcoming UK-Australia deal. | 2023-04-26 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: How Campbeltown has responded to the boom in Scottish whisky | 2023-04-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Record Store Day: Young music fans driving revival in vinyl LPs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-65324055 | 2023-04-21 |
| 2.3.1, 1.7.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: Less jam tomorrow: Britain needs to embrace road pricing Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/04/20/britain-needs-to-embrace-road-pricing Explanation: :This article is great- explaining what duty there is on petrol/diesel (53p per litre!), the amount the treasury collects from this (£30bn!), and why- to correct the externalities of driving (27,000 serious injuries and deaths per year, 1/5 of all greenhouse gas emissions, 10% of all air pollution, and £10bn lost in congestion). But the problem is that electric vehicles will be coming in soon, and they don't have to pay fuel duty! So what is the solution? Road pricing! | 2023-04-20 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Devon builder denies claims of poor and unfinished work | 2023-04-13 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ruth Perry: Kent and Medway teachers call for Ofsted reform after head's death | 2023-04-12 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Britain’s tax take is getting bigger but not better from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/04/11/britains-tax-take-is-getting-bigger-but-not-better | 2023-04-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: A different way to measure the climate impact of food Explanation: :A really cool visualisation of amount of CO2 different types of food produce. | 2023-04-11 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Amazon takeover of iRobot faces UK watchdog review | 2023-04-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofsted unfit for purpose, says ex-inspector | 2023-04-06 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle water pollution Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65166859 | 2023-04-03 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Russian influx drives up rental prices in Dubai | 2023-03-29 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Chocolate and sweets prices jump ahead of Easter | 2023-03-28 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - AI could replace equivalent of 300 million jobs - report | 2023-03-28 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: AI could replace equivalent of 300 million jobs - report | 2023-03-28 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: New cars sold in EU must be zero-emission from 2035 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65105129 Explanation: :An attempt to solve the market failure associated with cars- ban internal combustion engines! Interesting stat that passenger cars and vans are responsible for about 12% and 2.5% respectively of total EU emissions of CO2. | 2023-03-28 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Bank governor warns firms raising prices ‘hurts people’ | 2023-03-24 |
| 1.2.4 | Headline: UK retail sales boosted by second-hand and discount stores Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65061870 Explanation: :An interesting take on inferior goods and YED- booming sales of second-hand clothes when cost of living is going up. | 2023-03-24 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Banks shares hit as investor nerves return | 2023-03-24 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: UK interest rates: What the rise means for you | 2023-03-23 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Is this the last interest rate rise for now? | 2023-03-23 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Every setback is an opportunity for Ryanair from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/03/23/every-setback-is-an-opportunity-for-ryanair | 2023-03-23 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Is this a banking crisis - how worried should I be? | 2023-03-20 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Rishi Sunak says UK banks safe as investors remain wary | 2023-03-20 |
| 2.3.2, 2.3.3 | Headline: Central banks take swift action to keep cash flowing amid investor fears | 2023-03-20 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: UK banking system 'safe' after Credit Suisse rescue | 2023-03-20 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: How remittances affect a country’s development from TheEconomist | 2023-03-20 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: French bulldogs are taking over America from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/03/15/french-bulldogs-are-taking-over-america | 2023-03-19 |
| 2.3.3, 2.3.2 | Headline: The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it from TheEconomist | 2023-03-17 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: Europe has led the global charge against big tech. But does it need a new approach? from TheEconomist | 2023-03-17 |
| 2.3.3, 2.3.2 | Headline: What’s wrong with the banks from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/16/whats-wrong-with-the-banks | 2023-03-16 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Britons warm up to saunas Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/03/16/britons-warm-up-to-saunas | 2023-03-16 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry? | 2023-03-16 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: People face biggest fall in spending power for 70 years | 2023-03-16 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What is corporation tax and who has to pay it? | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2023: What could be in it and when will it happen? | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Energy bill help to continue until end of June | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget: Jeremy Hunt to expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: What is the plan for free childcare and what other help is there? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-62036045 Explanation: :Really interesting article on why childcare in the UK is so expensive and how this affects the UK workforce. Great graph on childcare cost comparisons (£15k per year for under 3!) | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Pints, power and parents: Three ways the Budget could affect you | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Why inflation is so high - and your other questions answered | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Childcare and pensions: Budget day in 63 seconds | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Cigarette prices rise but draught beer duty is frozen | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt’s budget is better at diagnosis than treatment | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Silicon Valley Bank: what really went wrong? | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Argentina inflation soars past 100% mark Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64960385 | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Moody's warns of more pain for US banks as downgrades sector | 2023-03-15 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Budget to boost lifetime allowance for pension savings | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: UK job vacancies fall for eighth time in a row | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: What really went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/13/what-really-went-wrong-at-silicon-valley-bank | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: The Silicon Valley Bank saga in 80 seconds Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-64952039 | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: For markets Silicon Valley Bank’s demise signals a painful new phase | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: What the loss of Silicon Valley Bank means for Silicon Valley | 2023-03-14 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: America’s government steps in to protect depositors at Silicon Valley Bank from TheEconomist Explanation: :The last paragraph here is absolutely brilliant as an example of how to describe 'lender of last resort'. | 2023-03-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Alcopops out and frozen berries in for cost of living measure | 2023-03-13 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Budget: Prepayment energy meter bills to be cut by £45 | 2023-03-13 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Childcare: I'll cut costs to boost workforce, says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt | 2023-03-13 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: What really went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/13/what-really-went-wrong-at-silicon-valley-bank | 2023-03-13 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time in decades | 2023-03-13 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Silicon Valley Bank: Rising interest rates will uncover more ticking bombs | 2023-03-12 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt: Why the chancellor wants this Budget to be boring | 2023-03-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64889284 | 2023-03-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Foxtons boss: Struggling renters have to move further out of London Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64873369 Explanation: :An interesting one here. The boss of a big estate agent in London is saying that renting there is unaffordable (obviously). The reason is to do with a mismatch between supply and demand- a drop in number of buy-to-let mortgages available means that fewer landlords are putting property on the market- reducing supply and raising prices. | 2023-03-07 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Trains: How can it take so long to fix a struggling railway? | 2023-03-07 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Food prices could fall as fertiliser cost drops, say Norfolk businesses Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64867241 | 2023-03-07 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin | 2023-03-06 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Tory austerity ‘has cost UK half a trillion pounds of public spending since 2010’ | 2023-03-03 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Firm that lost satellite in Cornwall launch lambasts UK red tape Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-64815026 | 2023-03-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Seed sales jump as fruit and veg shortage continues Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64811491 Explanation: :So the fruit and veg shortage of early 2023 had some interesting consequences- a rise in demand for fruit and veg seeds! | 2023-03-02 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-64802833 | 2023-03-02 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Eggs and margarine drive food inflation to record 17.1% | 2023-02-28 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Wood burners: On smoke patrol in London | 2023-02-28 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Lidl limits sales of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers | 2023-02-27 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Matugga rum: Why a couple opened a distillery in Scotland Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-64719180 Explanation: :A family move from London to Edinburgh to expand their distillery because of the strength of the distillery industry based in Scotland. Great example of external economies of scale. | 2023-02-27 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Fruit and vegetable shortage could last until May, say growers | 2023-02-24 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Pasta price doubles to 95p as cost of basics rises | 2023-02-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why is there a shortage of tomatoes and other fruit and vegetables in the UK? | 2023-02-24 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The Forum: How the shipping container changed the world | 2023-02-23 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Arsenal Women's pay rises 30% but still behind men | 2023-02-23 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Asda and Morrisons limit sales of some fruit and vegetables | 2023-02-22 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Asda and Morrisons limit sales of some fruit and vegetables | 2023-02-21 |
| 2.2.2, 3.2.1 | Headline: Why is the UK economy lagging behind the US, Germany and others? | 2023-02-18 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Cobalt, a crucial battery material, is suddenly superabundant from TheEconomist | 2023-02-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: McDonald's puts up prices on five menu items | 2023-02-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy avoids recession but not out of woods - Hunt | 2023-02-10 |
Headline: Understand The Economy: 15. Energy market | 2023-02-10 | |
| 1.1.3, 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt’s four-pillar plan to boost productivity | 2023-02-09 |
Headline: Understand The Economy: 14. Bankruptcy and insolvency | 2023-02-09 | |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Book prices need to rise for businesses to survive - industry body Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64556807 Explanation: :Interesting impact of increasing costs on the books industry. The price of paper has increased by 40%- this would be well-suited to applying to an imperfect market diagram. | 2023-02-08 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy likely to avoid recession - think tank | 2023-02-08 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Lloyd's of London boss warns UK's financial reputation is dented | 2023-02-08 |
| 2.2.6 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 13. National Debt | 2023-02-08 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Single-use plastic set to be banned for Oxford street traders Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-64544809 | 2023-02-07 |
| 2.3.2, 2.3.3 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 12. Credit | 2023-02-07 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Has the Brexit fishing promise come true? | 2023-02-06 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 11. Pricing and discounting | 2023-02-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Grant Shapps: Liz Truss's tax cuts were clearly the wrong approach | 2023-02-05 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Ukraine is not about to join the EU from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/02/03/ukraine-is-not-about-to-join-the-eu | 2023-02-03 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Is Brexit costing £1m a day and other claims | 2023-02-03 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Bank of England says recession expected to be shorter and less severe | 2023-02-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Rates may have peaked, but economy remains fragile | 2023-02-03 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Argentina unveils new 2,000-peso banknote as inflation bites Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64507085 | 2023-02-03 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices fall for fifth month in a row | 2023-02-01 |
| 1.3.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: The trucks ditching diesel and drivers Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-64471798 Explanation: :Interesting take on a couple of things here. 1) The fact that new technology means that trucks might not need drivers (shifting Demand for labour). 2) How hydrogen power may be a green alternative to commercial transport. | 2023-02-01 |
| 3.2.1, 3.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: What impact has Brexit had on the UK economy? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64450882 Explanation: :This article is fantastic- first for its analysis of how Brexit has affected the UK economy (as the headline suggests), but then also talking about trade, investment, and GDP levels over the period of 2019-2023. Great graphs here too. | 2023-01-31 |
| 2.1.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: Green projects are boosting UK growth - CBI report Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64440827 Explanation: :Great ideas of about the contribution of investment (in this case green energy investment) on GDP growth. | 2023-01-31 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 - IMF | 2023-01-31 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Paperchase: Tesco buys stationery brand but not its shops | 2023-01-31 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Shoppers turn to own-label lines to save money Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64457337 Explanation: :Influences on demand- a surge in demand for own-label products (inferior goods) as consumer real incomes go down. | 2023-01-31 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: For Britain to grow faster it needs better managers Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/01/31/for-britain-to-grow-faster-it-needs-better-managers Explanation: :This article is a great explainer on why there has been a gap in productivity growth between the UK and other countries- and it's down to how UK companies are managed. This cites a study that says that "more than half of the productivity gap between Britain and America can be attributed to poor management". Fascinating stuff! | 2023-01-31 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Seychelles country profile | 2023-01-31 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: Video streaming subscriptions fall by two million in 2022 | 2023-01-30 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Britain’s newest islets are made of wet wipes Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/01/30/britains-newest-islets-are-made-of-wet-wipes | 2023-01-30 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt prioritises cutting inflation, not tax | 2023-01-27 |
Headline: Hemp makes a comeback in the construction industry | 2023-01-27 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt says significant tax cuts in Budget unlikely | 2023-01-27 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Prime drink: How KSI and Logan Paul made it so popular | 2023-01-27 |
| 2.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Is UK being left behind in global fight for investment? | 2023-01-26 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK car production collapses to lowest for 66 years | 2023-01-26 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: A shortage in America creates opportunities for nurses with wheels | 2023-01-26 |
Headline: Podcasts | Money Talks: Can Disney rekindle the magic? Link: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2023/01/26/can-disney-rekindle-the-magic | 2023-01-26 | |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: Warning that thousands of firms face collapse | 2023-01-24 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Government to offer £600m for green steel switch | 2023-01-22 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Yorkshire Water vows to cut sewage overflow into Scarborough sea Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66984823 | 2023-01-21 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Water firms want bill rises to cut leaks and spills | 2023-01-21 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: Christmas cutbacks cause shock drop in shop sales | 2023-01-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Japan inflation jumps to new 41-year high | 2023-01-20 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Dentists warn of permanent damage from clear braces ordered online | 2023-01-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Debt ceiling: America's budget crisis of its own creation | 2023-01-20 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: The race to make diesel engines run on hydrogen | 2023-01-20 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Grant Shapps says Biden's green subsidies could hit world trade | 2023-01-20 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Levelling up: Projects across Wales share £208m in funding | 2023-01-20 |
| 3.1.1, 3.2.1 | Headline: Croatia, the euro and a coffee controversy - but is it all just froth? | 2023-01-19 |
Headline: Coffee pod carbon footprint better for planet than filtered brew | 2023-01-19 | |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Bailey: Inflation 'likely to fall rapidly' this year | 2023-01-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation drops but food keeps inflation high | 2023-01-19 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Dyson calls UK approach to economy 'stupid' | 2023-01-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why inflation is falling but prices are still rising Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64290160 Explanation: :Great little explainer here- that even though inflation rate is falling, pries are still rising. Plus a good explanation of why deflation is bad! | 2023-01-19 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: British politics needs more money Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/01/19/british-politics-needs-more-money Explanation: :Some cool ideas about the supply of labour, specifically relating to MPs. The article argues that MPs are not paid enough. To attract quality people to a job, there has to be a good salary attached. The opportunity cost for those who can do it is too high. There is even mention of how plumbers make good wages because their job is so dirty! | 2023-01-19 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: What happens now the US has hit the debt ceiling? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64322574 Explanation: :A nice little explanation, with some cool graphs, about the national debt in the USA and the political problems with the 'debt ceiling'. | 2023-01-19 |
| 3.1.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Video: How to make poor areas richer | 2023-01-19 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Croatia, the euro and a coffee controversy - but is it all just froth? | 2023-01-19 |
Headline: Thrills and spills: As Disney turns 100, its business is on a rollercoaster ride | 2023-01-19 | |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Food price rises 'worst in 40 years' says wholesaler Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64306671 Explanation: :Pay particular attention to all the costs that are going up and mentioned in the article. And what can we say about demand for these products? How steep is it? | 2023-01-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: More or Less: Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs (podcast) Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001h3zf Explanation: :Start from 16:13 and there is a good discussion of CPI vs RPI. | 2023-01-18 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Richest 1% own 40.5% of India's wealth, says new Oxfam report | 2023-01-16 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Bank of England governor warns of Truss hangover effect | 2023-01-16 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US-China chip war: America is winning Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-64143602 | 2023-01-14 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: UK economy beats expectations with November growth | 2023-01-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Argentina sees prices almost doubling last year | 2023-01-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: CPI: US inflation falls to lowest in more than a year | 2023-01-12 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Global recession warning as World Bank cuts economic forecast | 2023-01-11 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: BBC News - US Farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment | 2023-01-09 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Spaceport Cornwall: From pasty memes to rocket launch Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-63822245 | 2023-01-09 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: What America’s protectionist turn means for the world | 2023-01-09 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Warm winter may lower energy bills later this year | 2023-01-04 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Foreigners now banned from buying homes in Canada Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64082923 Explanation: :This is in response to rising house prices in Canada. Can you explain what this policy will do to equilibrium (and to prices)? | 2023-01-03 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Croatia begins new euro and Schengen zone era | 2023-01-02 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Brexit: The scorecard two years on Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-64141430 | 2023-01-01 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Croatia joins eurozone and Schengen area - BBC News | 2023-01-01 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Visualisation of Global GDP Link: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-global-economy/ | 2022-12-29 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: McBurney Transport in £140m sale to Danish firm DFDS Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64120440 | 2022-12-29 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Jamie Oliver: Sugar tax could fund school meals | 2022-12-27 |
| 1.3.1, 1.1.1 | Headline: Workers over 50 encouraged to end early retirement | 2022-12-24 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation video | 2022-12-22 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Firms frustrated by post-Brexit trade red tape | 2022-12-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy shrank more than previously thought | 2022-12-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Move to the country property trend fading - Zoopla | 2022-12-22 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Energy bill help drives record government borrowing | 2022-12-21 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Deadly, dirty, indispensable: the nitrogen industry has changed the world | 2022-12-20 |
Headline: What Brazil’s 19th-century rubber crash could teach today’s oil drillers | 2022-12-20 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Alcohol duty to be frozen for further six months | 2022-12-19 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: UK interest rates raised to highest level for 14 years | 2022-12-15 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Italian label maybe but the beer's British brewed | 2022-12-15 |
| 1.1.3, 2.2.2 | Headline: Britain’s economic record since 2007 ranks near the bottom among peer countries | 2022-12-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation: Wine, gin and whisky prices up ahead of Christmas | 2022-12-14 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Is UK inflation going to keep falling? | 2022-12-14 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: HSBC to end funding for new oil and gas fields Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63975173 Explanation: :is this profit maximising behaviour- or are big banks like HSBC optimising over other objectives? | 2022-12-14 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Private workers' pay growth outpaces public sector Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63949151 Explanation: :Really cool graph here about public and private sector pay growth, compared with inflation. | 2022-12-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: America’s inflation fever may be breaking at last from TheEconomist | 2022-12-13 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: New Zealand passes legislation banning cigarettes for future generations | 2022-12-13 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: WTO says Trump's US steel tariffs broke global trade rules | 2022-12-10 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: UK banking rules in biggest shake-up in more than 30 years | 2022-12-09 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: WTO says Trump's US steel tariffs broke global trade rules | 2022-12-09 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: UK aims to double US gas imports under new deal Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63885968 Explanation: :The UK will now import more Liquid National Gas (LNG) from the USA in order to drive down energy prices. Clearly an issue of increasing supply in the market. | 2022-12-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Cost of living: House prices drop by 2.3% in a month - Halifax | 2022-12-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Should countries try to do everything themselves? | 2022-12-08 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: China’s deep-water fishing fleet is the world’s most rapacious Explanation: :A great deep dive into the fishing industry, particularly China's catching fish off the coast of Africa and the impact this has on local fishermen and their communities. | 2022-12-08 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Water companies 'letting down' customers and the environment Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63901698 | 2022-12-08 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Inflation is falling—but not enough Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/12/07/inflation-is-falling-but-not-enough | 2022-12-07 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Therese Coffey asked if Brexit was 'quite silly' | 2022-12-07 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: Deforestation: EU law bans goods linked to destruction of trees Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63872393 Explanation: :Interesting solution to market failure- ban the products that are causing the externality. | 2022-12-07 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Rural fuel more expensive, says watchdog | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Tattooists and beauty salons replace banks on High Streets | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Four-day week trial ends and some firms make it permanent | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: UK sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farming union | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: Make Sense of Your World: Food Prices (BBC iPlayer) Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0cvywlt/make-sense-of-your-world-make-sense-of-food-prices | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Postcode checker: how has your High Street changed since 2020? | 2022-12-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - After the hype plant-based proteins face leaner times | 2022-12-05 |
| 2.3.5, 2.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: UK faces decade of lost growth without action, says CBI Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63851965 Explanation: :The CBI is concerned about a decade of low growth. They want the government to ease immigration to allow for more output. They also speak of a lack of investment- clearly a link to AD. | 2022-12-05 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Eleven gambles that went wrong for Liz Truss | 2022-12-04 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: US jobs growth signals tough inflation fight ahead Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63837368 Explanation: :The USA is fighting inflation but unemployment is low- suggesting inflation will not come down for some time. A clear link to Phillips Curve. | 2022-12-03 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Oil giant TotalEnergies to cut North Sea investment over windfall tax Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63834419 Explanation: :A clear link to investment as a component of AD- the windfall oil tax, it is claimed, is cutting investment in the North Sea. | 2022-12-03 |
| 2.2.4, 1.2.2, 1.2.4 | Headline: Christmas dinner cost jumps as chipolata price soars Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63809484 Explanation: :A cool article which is mainly about inflation. But also consider- why are the prices of some of these food goods rising so much? And how elastic do we expect chipolatas to be following their 42.7% rise in price? Cool links across the specification. | 2022-12-02 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Understanding the economy: inequality | 2022-12-02 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 10. Inequality | 2022-12-02 |
| 3.1.1, 3.2.1 | Headline: Brexit added £210 to household food bills, LSE says | 2022-12-01 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The Economy: 9. International Trade and Currency Markets | 2022-12-01 |
Headline: Ros Atkins on... The UK’s home insulation problem | 2022-12-01 | |
| 2.1.8, 2.2.4, 2.1.7 | Headline: A playbook from the 1980s for dealing with inflation from TheEconomist | 2022-12-01 |
| 3.3.1, 2.3.4 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 9. International Trade and Currency Markets Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fxjm Explanation: :Exchange rates from 08:59 | 2022-12-01 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Coffee prices jump as food inflation hits new high | 2022-11-30 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Egg shortages: What's causing the problem and how long will it last? | 2022-11-30 |
Headline: Understand The Economy: 8. Pensions | 2022-11-30 | |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: How did e-cigarettes and vaping get so popular? | 2022-11-29 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 7. Jobs and Unemployment | 2022-11-29 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: NI productivity 40% lower than Republic of Ireland - report Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63779243 | 2022-11-28 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 6. Recessions Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0df7gzl Explanation: :This is a good explainer about recessions | 2022-11-28 |
| 1.6.4, 1.2.1 | Headline: Jaguar Land Rover cuts output at UK factories due to chip shortage | 2022-11-25 |
| 1.2.4 | Headline: Primark to open four new stores and create 850 jobs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63758665 Explanation: :Primark is opening new stores ahead of a recession- suggesting it may be an inferior good! | 2022-11-25 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Bargains galore in the market for office furniture Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63228999 Explanation: :Great example of excess supply. Post-covid working practices mean there is no longer such demand for office furniture. So what is there is being sold at bargain prices! | 2022-11-25 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.6.3 | Headline: Ros Atkins on… Why eggs are being rationed Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-63743217 Explanation: :There are supply-chain issues in the market for chickens this year. Avian flu and the high price of wheat are making it difficult for farmers. This suggests higher prices- but the imperfections of this market are creating a situation where there's a shortage. | 2022-11-24 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Brexit: Don't scrap EU rules, firms and unions say | 2022-11-24 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - McDonald's: Car registration plates could go on bags | 2022-11-23 |
| 1.3.2, 3.2.1 | Headline: We must wean economy off immigration, Labour leader warns businesses | 2022-11-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK faces worst downturn of any advanced economy, OECD says | 2022-11-22 |
| 1.3.2, 1.1.1 | Headline: Solve worker shortages with immigration - CBI boss | 2022-11-21 |
| 1.7.1, 1.6.6 | Headline: Why the African cocoa cartel is a bad idea from TheEconomist | 2022-11-21 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Is Ticketmaster a monopoly? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/11/19/is-ticketmaster-a-monopoly | 2022-11-19 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Taxing electric cars 'short-sighted' say manufacturers | 2022-11-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Autumn Statement: 'It keeps getting worse' - Reaction to Hunt's plans | 2022-11-18 |
| 2.3.1, 1.3.2 | Headline: Autumn Statement 2022: Key points at-a-glance | 2022-11-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What the Autumn Statement means for you and the cost of living | 2022-11-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Britain’s chancellor leaves the hard choices to the next government | 2022-11-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Vegan 'cheese' market booms as demand grows | 2022-11-17 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Why Indonesia matters from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/11/17/why-indonesia-matters | 2022-11-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Office for Budget Responsibility: What is the OBR and why does it matter? | 2022-11-17 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: What is austerity and where could 'eye-watering' cuts fall now? | 2022-11-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Why price rises are worse for some people than other | 2022-11-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Milk and cheese drive food price inflation to 45-year high | 2022-11-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: When will UK inflation start to slow down? | 2022-11-16 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: What is behind the big tech companies' job cuts? | 2022-11-16 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.4 | Headline: Mondrian painting sells for record $51m at auction Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63634961 Explanation: :Amazing to see a piece of art selling at this price! A good example of Inelastic Supply for this product! | 2022-11-15 |
| 2.2.4, 1.3.1 | Headline: Record wage rises still outpaced by soaring inflation Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63624996 Explanation: :A really good explanation of real wages here. | 2022-11-15 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Japan economy unexpectedly shrinks after yen slide | 2022-11-15 |
| 1.3.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Record wage rises still outpaced by soaring inflation Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63624996 Explanation: :Really effective graph about real wages. | 2022-11-15 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: What to do with 18 shipping containers of rotting cabbages | 2022-11-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Even a global recession may not bring down inflation | 2022-11-15 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Google and Facebook too powerful, says watchdog | 2022-11-14 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: a tax rise in drag Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-63617659 Explanation: :Great explanation of Fiscal Drag- an important cost of inflation! | 2022-11-14 |
| 2.3.1, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7 | Headline: Why does the government want to cut spending? | 2022-11-14 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Autumn Statement: BBC experts on six ways the plan could affect you | 2022-11-12 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Recession looms as UK economy starts to shrink | 2022-11-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Principality Stadium alcohol issues down to individuals, says WRU Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63595687 Explanation: :Interesting exploration of how third parties are affected by people using alcohol. | 2022-11-11 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 5. Banks | 2022-11-11 |
| 1.1.1, 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit-backing Next boss says UK needs more overseas workers Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63573988 Explanation: :Two interesting thigs here. First, a business leader is saying the UK needs more workers (i.e. more labour as factor of production). This raises questions about Globalisation in the UK. | 2022-11-10 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 4. Bonds, Gilts, Stocks and Shares | 2022-11-10 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.4, 2.2.4 | Headline: Primark delays price rises as 'snuddie' sales soar Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63553057 Explanation: :Lots going on here: -The cost of living is pushing up demand for 'Snuddies' and other comfort clothes (1.2.1) -Primark sales are booming in periods of squeezed incomes, suggesting they are an inferior product (1.2.4). -Inflation and cost of living (2.2.4) | 2022-11-08 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 2. Interest Rates and Mortgage Rates | 2022-11-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 1. Inflation | 2022-11-07 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.1 | Headline: Understand The Economy: 3. Economic Growth and GDP Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dxd3 Explanation: :This is a great introduction to the topic of GDP and Economic Growth. What does it mean when the economy is growing? | 2022-11-04 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession | 2022-11-03 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Bank of England: Five things we now know about the UK economy | 2022-11-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Is it right to raise interest rates in a recession? | 2022-11-03 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: The never-ending campaign against graft in China from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/china/2022/11/03/the-never-ending-campaign-against-graft-in-china | 2022-11-03 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession | 2022-11-03 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Mini-budget damaged the UK's reputation, says Bank of England boss | 2022-11-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: What is quantitative easing and how will it affect you? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15198789 Explanation: :An explanation of Quantitative Easing- what it is, how it works, and the context of its use. | 2022-11-01 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: 'End of an era' as Aunt Avice's famous pasty shop has closed for good Link: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/end-era-aunt-avices-famous-7768769 Explanation: :A very sad bit of news- Aunt Avice's pasty shop in St Kew is closing down permanently. Read through the tributes to see why this was regarded as such a great pasty shop- and such a good example of differentiation in Monopolistic Competition! | 2022-11-01 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: A Walk on the Supply Side (BBC Sounds) | 2022-11-01 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: What went wrong with Snap, Netflix and Uber? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/10/31/what-went-wrong-with-snap-netflix-and-uber | 2022-10-31 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Ros Atkins on... Brexit and the UK economy | 2022-10-29 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: Joe Biden attempts the biggest overhaul of America’s economy in decades from TheEconomist | 2022-10-27 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Bank of England has seen off several threats Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/27/the-bank-of-england-has-seen-off-several-threats Explanation: :This is an interesting deep dive into how the Bank of England responded to the Truss mini-budget of September 2022. Thoughts here on the independence of central banks and the importance of their credibility. | 2022-10-27 |
| 2.2.2, w.3.5 | Headline: Rishi Sunak’s promise of stability is a low bar for Britain from TheEconomist | 2022-10-26 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Falling pound: What does it mean for me and my finances? | 2022-10-21 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.3 | Headline: Cost of living: 'I'm having a microwave Christmas lunch' | 2022-10-20 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Firms hold off investment due to Tory turmoil | 2022-10-20 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Tesla sales climb but miss expectations | 2022-10-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2 | Headline: BBC News - Prime Minister Liz Truss was the author of her own demise | 2022-10-20 |
Headline: A global house-price slump is coming Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/10/20/a-global-house-price-slump-is-coming | 2022-10-20 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Kroger, America’s second-biggest grocer, goes shopping from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/10/20/kroger-americas-second-biggest-grocer-goes-shopping | 2022-10-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: A brush with the bond markets reorders British politics from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/20/a-brush-with-the-bond-markets-reorders-british-politics | 2022-10-20 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: As Britain’s government looks to save money, almost nothing is protected from TheEconomist | 2022-10-20 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: What a comparison between Britain and Italy reveals from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/20/what-a-comparison-between-britain-and-italy-reveals | 2022-10-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Amazon could pay UK shoppers £900m compensation | 2022-10-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Soaring bread and meat costs push price rises back to 40-year high | 2022-10-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living fears grow as inflation returns to 40-year high | 2022-10-19 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: Asos sees big loss as shoppers spend less on fashion | 2022-10-19 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: HSBC climate change adverts banned by UK watchdog | 2022-10-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jeremy Hunt has shredded the prime minister’s economic policy from TheEconomist | 2022-10-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why inflation is so high - and your other questions answered | 2022-10-18 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK's competition watchdog CMA | 2022-10-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why inflation is so high - and your other questions answered | 2022-10-18 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Tesco warns public faces hardship in wake of interest rates rise | 2022-10-16 |
Headline: How much trouble is Mark Zuckerberg in? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/10/16/how-much-trouble-is-mark-zuckerberg-in | 2022-10-16 | |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank of England chief warns of fresh interest rate hike | 2022-10-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Chancellor warns of tax rises and squeeze on spending | 2022-10-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Who is Jeremy Hunt? New UK chancellor who backed Sunak in leadership race | 2022-10-14 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Is this Liz Truss’s ‘anti-growth coalition’? - BBC Newsnight Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjuh8J7bM0 Explanation: :Interesting perspective on the people who are concerned about increasing the number of houses in an area, which determines overall economic growth. | 2022-10-14 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Liz Truss has lost her chancellor, signature tax cut and authority from TheEconomist | 2022-10-14 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Netflix ad-supported service to launch in November | 2022-10-13 |
| 1.2.4 | Headline: American consumers are becoming more price-sensitive again from TheEconomist | 2022-10-13 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Booming cocaine production suggests the war on drugs has failed | 2022-10-13 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Jacob Rees-Mogg blames interest rates for economic turmoil | 2022-10-12 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England in fresh emergency move to calm markets | 2022-10-11 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: UK economy faces a significant day | 2022-10-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Grocery bills set to rise by £12 a week on average | 2022-10-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Big and painful cuts needed to fix budget, says IFS | 2022-10-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Energy fears drive blankets and air fryers sales ahead of winter | 2022-10-11 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Will Elon Musk-owned Twitter end up as a “deal from hell”? from TheEconomist Explanation: :This has some great information about why mergers go wrong- practically a textbook on the subject. | 2022-10-11 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England boosts plan to calm market turmoil | 2022-10-10 |
| 2.2.4, 2.2.3 | Headline: US jobs growth slows as policymakers fight inflation | 2022-10-08 |
| 1.2.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Mortgage rate rises set to put pressure on house prices, says Halifax | 2022-10-07 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Samsung warns of 32% hit to profits on chip slump | 2022-10-07 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Risk of £50bn bond sale sparked emergency Bank of England move | 2022-10-07 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Britain’s mortgage market is adjusting to higher interest rates | 2022-10-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Petrol price rise warning after Opec oil output cut | 2022-10-05 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - What do government's tax changes mean for me? | 2022-10-04 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Elon Musk Twitter deal back on in surprise U-turn | 2022-10-04 |
Headline: America’s economy is too strong for its own good from TheEconomist | 2022-10-02 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: 'The weak pound is crippling my company' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-63092606 | 2022-10-01 |
Headline: BBC News - What happened to the UK economy, pound and mortgages this week? | 2022-09-30 | |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Government is undercutting UK institutions, says former Bank governor Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63070485 Explanation: :A really interesting comment by former governor of BoE Mark Carney about the differing objectives of growth and inflation. | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.4 | Headline: Next warns weaker pound could prolong cost of living pressures | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank's £65bn move driven by pension fund fears | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Why is the Bank of England buying government debt? | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Kwasi Kwarteng: We stopped consumer spending collapse | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Economists now accept exchange-rate intervention can work from TheEconomist | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: What British people think about economic growth from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/29/what-british-people-think-about-economic-growth | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.5 | Headline: UK economy: is there worse to come? | 2022-09-29 |
| 2.3.1, 3.3.3 | Headline: IMF openly criticises UK government tax plans | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England steps in to calm markets | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1, 3.3.3 | Headline: Faisal Islam: Kwarteng sent stinging and unusual rebuke by IMF | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.2 | Headline: City fears Kwarteng's tax cuts may be anti-growth | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Mortgage rates: 'If we can't afford higher payments, we lose our home' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63046919 Explanation: :This article has an interesting graphic that shows the effect of that different interest rates will have on borrowers with different mortgages. | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank emergency move driven by pension fund fears | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England economist hints at 'significant' rate rise | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.2.2, 1.1.3 | Headline: How not to run a country from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/28/how-not-to-run-a-country | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: The stupidity of Kwasi Kwarteng’s policies means markets expect their reversal from TheEconomist | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Milk and cake prices rise, but fruit gets cheaper | 2022-09-28 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget continues Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/27/the-fallout-from-kwasi-kwartengs-mini-budget-continues | 2022-09-27 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Keir Starmer speech: Labour plans publicly owned renewable energy giant | 2022-09-27 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: BBC News - Pound hits record low after tax cut plans | 2022-09-26 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound hits all-time low against dollar after mini-budget rocks markets | 2022-09-26 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: The pound is plumbing near-historical depths. Why? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/26/the-pound-is-plumbing-near-historical-depths-why | 2022-09-26 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: The pound is plumbing near-historical depths. Why? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/26/the-pound-is-plumbing-near-historical-depths-why | 2022-09-26 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Kwasi Kwarteng: I want to keep cutting taxes | 2022-09-25 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Keir Starmer: Labour would reverse cut to top income tax rate | 2022-09-25 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Tax cuts signal radical shift in No 10 policy | 2022-09-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Would more UK gas actually bring down prices? | 2022-09-24 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Would more UK gas actually bring down prices? | 2022-09-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Mini-budget: What is it and how will it affect me? | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: At a glance: What's in the mini-budget? | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Income tax to be cut by 1p from April | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng vows to end 'cycle of stagnation' in mini-budget | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Stamp duty: What is it and how much do I pay? | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Stamp duty cut in bid to help house buyers | 2022-09-23 |
Headline: The firms making flour from mushrooms and cauliflower | 2022-09-23 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound sinks as markets react to mini-budget | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Alcohol duty: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng scraps planned increase | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget is admission of Tory economic failure, Labour says | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: BBC News - Exchange rates: Why has the value of the pound tumbled? | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Kwasi Kwarteng defends massive tax cuts as fair for all | 2022-09-23 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.5 | Headline: Britain’s chancellor offers up a reckless budget, fiscally and politically from TheEconomist | 2022-09-23 |
| 1.4.2 | Headline: BBC News - Real Living Wage rises to £10.90 an hour | 2022-09-22 |
| 1.1.1, 1.2.1 | Headline: UK fracking ban lifted, government announces Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62982332 | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Sri Lanka: Inflation rate jumps to 70.2% in August Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62990385 Explanation: :Remember the rule of 72- this means that prices will double in a year. | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.3.2, 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 1.1.1 | Headline: Liz Truss’s selective Reaganomics won’t work from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/22/liz-trusss-selective-reaganomics-wont-work | 2022-09-22 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: Stakeholder capitalism poisons democracy, argues Vivek Ramaswamy from TheEconomist | 2022-09-22 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: People trust executives to intervene in social issues, says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Japan’s government props up the yen for the first time since 1998 | 2022-09-22 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Economic Crime Bill: Plan to tackle dirty money in UK set out | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK may already be in recession - Bank of England | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Could the UK see interest rates rise to 5%? | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: King Charles versus Trussonomics from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/22/king-charles-versus-trussonomics | 2022-09-22 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Zambia President Hichilema on IMF and repealing the insult law | 2022-09-22 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.1 | Headline: Inflation pushes UK debt interest costs to August record | 2022-09-21 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Recession: Is the US heading into an 'ugly' downturn? | 2022-09-21 |
Headline: China’s rulers seem resigned to a slowing economy from TheEconomist | 2022-09-20 | |
| 2.3.3, 1.3.1 | Headline: Liz Truss defends plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses | 2022-09-20 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: Will Liz Truss's economic plans make us richer? | 2022-09-20 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Liz Truss admits no US trade deal in 'short to medium term' | 2022-09-20 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound hits new 37-year low as retail sales slide | 2022-09-16 |
| 2.3.3, 1.3.1 | Headline: Kwasi Kwarteng considers scrapping bankers’ bonus cap to boost City | 2022-09-15 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: John Lewis and DFS warn shoppers are spending less | 2022-09-15 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Poland opens a propaganda-heavy canal from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/09/15/poland-opens-a-propaganda-heavy-canal | 2022-09-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The Biden administration aims to quantify the costs of ecological decay from TheEconomist | 2022-09-15 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: To fix America’s inflation problem, the Federal Reserve must go big from TheEconomist | 2022-09-15 |
| 1.6.1, 1.6.6, 1.6.7 | Headline: California says Amazon's dominance drives up online prices | 2022-09-14 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Warning that post-lockdown jobs boom is ending | 2022-09-13 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Despite rosier figures, America still has an inflation problem from TheEconomist | 2022-09-13 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Aldi becomes Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket | 2022-09-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - UK economy grew more slowly than expected in July | 2022-09-12 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Japan could lift cap on foreign tourists to lift economy | 2022-09-12 |
| 3.3.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.2 | Headline: How oil-rich Nigeria failed to profit from an oil boom from TheEconomist Explanation: :This is a great article on Primary Product Dependency and why Nigeria has failed to benefit from producing this resource. | 2022-09-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules | 2022-09-10 |
| 1.6.7, 1.2.1 | Headline: PM will explore energy market reform to cut bills Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62832029 Explanation: :A plan to regulate the UK energy market to make electricity cheaper. The key here is that prices are currently set at the marginal cost, currently gas. Paying a separate price for renewables/nuclear (where MC is often 0) would make bills cheaper, but hurt the revenues of the companies that have invested. | 2022-09-08 |
Headline: How to deal with Europe’s energy crisis from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/08/how-to-deal-with-europes-energy-crisis | 2022-09-08 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: The dollar is as strong as ever. Isn’t it? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/08/the-dollar-is-as-strong-as-ever-isnt-it | 2022-09-08 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.4 | Headline: A weaker pound does not spell disaster for Britain from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/08/a-weaker-pound-does-not-spell-disaster-for-britain | 2022-09-08 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Why the dollar is strong and why that is a problem from TheEconomist | 2022-09-08 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.5 | Headline: Bradford DeLong reconsiders the 20th century’s economic history from TheEconomist | 2022-09-08 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Fracking ban in England lifted in bid to boost UK gas supply Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62820639 Explanation: :Fracking is a method of extracting natural gas from the ground and now it's going to be allowed. What will happen to supply after this change? | 2022-09-08 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Energy bills: Tens of thousands of firms 'face collapse' without help | 2022-09-07 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: BBC News - Oxfordshire flour mill company to close due to rising electricity prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-62823328 | 2022-09-07 |
| 2.2.2, 1.1 1, 3.1.1 | Headline: Will China’s economy ever overtake America’s? from TheEconomist | 2022-09-06 |
| 4.1.1, 2.2.3 | Headline: Why businesses are still furiously hiring, even as a downturn looms from TheEconomist | 2022-09-04 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Cost of living: What do Covid, war and drought have to do with my bills? | 2022-09-03 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Firms will close this winter without help, warns business group | 2022-09-02 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Japanese yen slips to 24-year low against dollar | 2022-09-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The next threat to global food supplies Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/09/02/the-next-threat-to-global-food-supplies | 2022-09-02 |
Headline: The inside scoop on ice cream innovation | 2022-09-02 | |
| 1.1.1, 2.2.2, 1.7.3 | Headline: Britain’s failure to build is throttling its economy from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/01/britains-failure-to-build-is-throttling-its-economy | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.2.2, 4.1.1 | Headline: How to prevent Europe’s energy crunch spiralling into an economic crisis from TheEconomist | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The tech winners and losers of the pandemic from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/09/01/the-tech-winners-and-losers-of-the-pandemic | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: America’s most congested city may be on the verge of ending gridlock from TheEconomist | 2022-09-01 |
| 1 2.1 | Headline: In America, crab blood remains vital for drug- and vaccine-making from TheEconomist | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.1.1, 2 | Headline: Why Britain cannot build enough of anything from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/01/why-britain-cannot-build-enough-of-anything | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.1.1, 2 | Headline: Why Britain cannot build enough of anything from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/01/why-britain-cannot-build-enough-of-anything | 2022-09-01 |
| 1.1.1, 2 | Headline: Why Britain cannot build enough of anything from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/01/why-britain-cannot-build-enough-of-anything | 2022-09-01 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound in biggest monthly fall against the dollar since 2016 | 2022-09-01 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Central bankers worry that a new era of high inflation is beginning from TheEconomist | 2022-08-30 |
Headline: Vast corporate profits are delaying an American recession from TheEconomist | 2022-08-30 | |
Headline: The cloud computing giants are vying to protect their fat profits from TheEconomist | 2022-08-29 | |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - Be less squeamish about drinking 'sewage water', says expert | 2022-08-28 |
| 4.1.1 | Headline: NASA’s newest rocket is a colossal waste of money from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/28/nasas-newest-rocket-is-a-colossal-waste-of-money | 2022-08-28 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: The missing pandemic innovation boom from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/08/28/the-missing-pandemic-innovation-boom | 2022-08-28 |
| 2.3.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: Biden spends hundreds of billions on reducing student-loan debt from TheEconomist Explanation: :Joe Biden is spending billions cancelling student debt. But is the cost worth it? | 2022-08-25 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Why are global gas prices so high? | 2022-08-25 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: How China should handle its bad loans to poor countries from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/25/how-china-should-handle-its-bad-loans-to-poor-countries | 2022-08-25 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: Pink Sauce and the fashion for homemade food in America from TheEconomist | 2022-08-25 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: American cities want rent control to rein in housing costs from TheEconomist | 2022-08-25 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: CO2 supply fears re-emerge as CF Fertilisers plant halts production Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62673421 Explanation: :Good example of joint supply- the production of fertiliser yields CO2 as a by-product, which is used in the food industry. So when costs are high and the fertiliser plants shut down- there's massive implications on the UK food processing industry! | 2022-08-25 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Firms’ unwise addiction to mergers and acquisitions from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/24/firms-unwise-addiction-to-mergers-and-acquisitions | 2022-08-24 |
| 4.1.1 | Headline: In the world of greenery, no good deed goes unpunished from TheEconomist | 2022-08-24 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage should rise to £15 for all workers, says TUC | 2022-08-24 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Make Sense of Your World: Why is food getting more expensive? | 2022-08-24 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - UK inflation could hit 18% next year on rising energy bills, experts warn | 2022-08-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: British inflation hits double digits from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/08/17/british-inflation-hits-double-digits | 2022-08-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Inflation: 'We'll have to be very careful with our money' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62583817 Explanation: :An interesting video segment- shoppers in Wales speaking about how they are affected by inflation. | 2022-08-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - The fear of inflation and what comes next Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-62577935 | 2022-08-18 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: A remote Canadian province luxuriates in the global supply crunch from TheEconomist | 2022-08-18 |
| 2 2 4 | Headline: UK inflation rate calculator: How much are prices rising for you? | 2022-08-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - UK inflation: Food costs push price rises to new 40-year high | 2022-08-17 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/08/17/can-the-visa-mastercard-duopoly-be-broken | 2022-08-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: British inflation hits double digits Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/08/17/british-inflation-hits-double-digits | 2022-08-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Inflation drives fastest fall in real pay on record | 2022-08-16 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Could the EV boom run out of juice before it gets started? from TheEconomist | 2022-08-14 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: For a change, American inflation is lower than expected from TheEconomist | 2022-08-13 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - Drinking water tankers brought in for Boardmasters festival Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-62517315 | 2022-08-12 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: What is a recession? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/08/12/what-is-a-recession | 2022-08-12 |
| 1.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - 'Every day it doesn't rain, the pressure mounts' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62495034 | 2022-08-11 |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: Britain’s economy is taking a drubbing from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/08/11/britains-economy-is-taking-a-drubbing | 2022-08-11 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2 | Headline: Rising interest rates will split the Conservatives’ electoral coalition from TheEconomist | 2022-08-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Better measurement would help reduce water consumption from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/08/11/better-measurement-would-help-reduce-water-consumption | 2022-08-11 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Ben Bernanke and Edward Chancellor square off on monetary policy from TheEconomist | 2022-08-11 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: America v Europe: A comparison of riches leaves both sides red-faced from TheEconomist | 2022-08-11 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: The unexpected lesson of Ghana’s 17th IMF bail-out from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/11/the-unexpected-lesson-of-ghanas-17th-imf-bail-out Explanation: :Ghana is asking for a bail-out from the IMF for the 17th time. But this is not a bad thing, and this article illustrates how the IMF can help. | 2022-08-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The mysterious French mustard shortage from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/08/11/the-mysterious-french-mustard-shortage | 2022-08-11 |
| 1.2.2, 1.7.1, 1.4.1 | Headline: How to help with energy bills from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/10/how-to-help-with-energy-bills Explanation: :Energy bills are rising fast. What can governments do? This article argues that price caps are a bad idea because they distort price signals. | 2022-08-10 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - 'Interest rates rise means I owe £250 a year more on loans' | 2022-08-06 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - How will a recession hit the UK housing market? | 2022-08-06 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank of England governor defends rate hike ahead of looming recession | 2022-08-05 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank's recession warning matters to everyone | 2022-08-05 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank's recession warning matters to everyone | 2022-08-05 |
Headline: BBC News - Interest rates: What are they and how high could they go? | 2022-08-04 | |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - What is a recession and how could it affect me? | 2022-08-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers | 2022-08-04 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: By how much will the war in Ukraine reduce global growth? | 2022-08-04 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.2 | Headline: High inflation: what you need to know (The Economist Video) | 2022-08-04 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - M&S stops selling disposable barbecues across UK | 2022-08-03 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: What’s behind the dollar’s strength? Link: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2022/08/03/whats-behind-the-dollars-strength | 2022-08-03 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Despite setbacks, HIV can be beaten Link: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/02/despite-setbacks-hiv-can-be-beaten | 2022-08-02 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: JD Sports loses millions in forced Footasylum sale | 2022-08-01 |
| 1.1.1, 1.3.1 | Headline: A shortfall in immigration has become an economic problem for America from TheEconomist | 2022-07-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Bank of England must weather high inflation and meddling politicians from TheEconomist | 2022-07-28 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: America’s GDP shrinks for the second consecutive quarter | 2022-07-28 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: How high property prices can damage the economy | 2022-07-28 |
Headline: The era of big-tech exceptionalism may be over from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/07/27/the-era-of-big-tech-exceptionalism-may-be-over | 2022-07-27 | |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Fed is no longer taking baby steps to rein in inflation | 2022-07-27 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - IMF: UK set for slowest growth of G7 countries in 2023 | 2022-07-26 |
| 1.3 1, 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - Ryanair's Michael O'Leary wants 'practical' immigration approach | 2022-07-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Elon Musk's Tesla sells most of its Bitcoin holdings Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62246367 Explanation: :There's a lot on both supply and demand here. In particular think of the idea that expectations have here. Bitcoin value is plummeting so Elon Musk sells his- what does this do to the supply of bitcoin in markets? | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.5 | Headline: The Tory leadership race and Britain’s growth challenge from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/07/21/the-tory-leadership-race-and-britains-growth-challenge | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Lessons from Turkey on the evils of high inflation from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/07/21/lessons-from-turkey-on-the-evils-of-high-inflation Explanation: :This article has great explanations on the following costs of inflation: shortening of horizons, distortions of price signals, and effects on distribution of wealth. | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Eurozone raises interest rates for first time in 11 years | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.3.2, 2.3.4 | Headline: Russia’s long economic war from TheEconomist http://espresso.economist.com/eb3cee21198139fa6a21866d764cc4b8 Link: http://espresso.economist.com/eb3cee21198139fa6a21866d764cc4b8 | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Dollar-euro parity may be justified. But the yen looks cheap as chips from TheEconomist | 2022-07-21 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: A rising share of people are exposed to dangerously high temperatures | 2022-07-21 |
| 1.2.2, 1.4.1 | Headline: The allotment firms helping to trim long waiting lists Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62220162 Explanation: :A cool little article about allotments. Demand for having a plot soared during the pandemic- but there weren't enough spaces, so there were long waiting lists (excess demand). This encouraged private companies to get involved- and now more people are growing veg! Link to government vs private provision of goods/services. | 2022-07-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Fuel, milk and eggs push prices up at fastest rate in 40 years | 2022-07-20 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: The life-sciences industry is a jewel in Britain’s economy from TheEconomist | 2022-07-20 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Why the dollar is so strong Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/07/20/why-the-dollar-is-so-strong | 2022-07-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62228522 Link: Public sector pay: Police and most NHS staff get below-inflation rises Explanation: :Great article about falling real wages due to inflation- and it includes a great graph showing wages vs inflation. | 2022-07-19 |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.3 | Headline: Netflix loses almost a million subscribers Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62226912 Explanation: :A few things going on here. One is simple demand curve stuff- as Netflix raises its prices, they see customer numbers fall. But also look at this as a contestability issue- Netflix was the first to the market and was a monopoly provider. Now it seems there are rivals who are cutting into the market. | 2022-07-19 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Bigger interest rate hikes on the table, says Bank boss | 2022-07-19 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Sunscreen and ice cream sales soar ahead of UK heatwave Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62173523 Explanation: :Pretty clear- people want ice cream when the weather tops 40C! | 2022-07-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation hits | 2022-07-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Tory leadership: Do rivals' tax pledges add up? | 2022-07-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Turkey grapples with triple-digit inflation from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/07/14/turkey-grapples-with-triple-digit-inflation | 2022-07-18 |
Headline: Aerospace electrified by new technology | 2022-07-18 | |
| 2.3.3, 2.2.4 | Headline: New chancellor Nadhim Zahawi pledges to control rising prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62215079 Explanation: :An interesting one here- why is the chancellor talking about inflation? But more interesting is ideas about post-Brexit changes to regulation in financial markets. | 2022-07-18 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK interest rates could top 2%, Bank policymaker says | 2022-07-18 |
| 2.2.1 | Headline: Cutting UK taxes now would be a mistake, says IMF | 2022-07-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cutting UK taxes now would be a mistake, says IMF | 2022-07-17 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: BBC News - Cost of living: 'I owe my mum £6,000 but I can't stop spending' | 2022-07-15 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: UK tech talent shortage threatens to stifle growth in the industry | 2022-07-15 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: The pecking order of the world’s population is soon to change | 2022-07-14 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: BBC News - Euro falls below dollar for first time in 20 years | 2022-07-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Bank of England vows to bring down inflation | 2022-07-07 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House prices defy expectations to hit record | 2022-07-07 |
| 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.2.4 | Headline: Many British Conservatives now prefer tax cuts to balanced budgets from TheEconomist | 2022-07-07 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: New transport infrastructure helps South Asian women into work from TheEconomist | 2022-07-07 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Britain wants to shake up adult education from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/07/07/britain-wants-to-shake-up-adult-education | 2022-07-07 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.3 | Headline: To hook American diners, an invasive species of carp gets a new name from TheEconomist | 2022-07-07 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Travel chaos in Europe is a glimpse of a future with few spare workers from TheEconomist | 2022-07-07 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound slides to two-year low against the dollar | 2022-07-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Two million workers free from National Insurance | 2022-07-06 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4, 1.6.7 | Headline: Household energy bills to hit £3,000 per year | 2022-07-06 |
Headline: Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Iraqi refugee to chancellor | 2022-07-06 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Amazon under investigation over listings practices | 2022-07-06 |
| 1.1.1, 1.2.1 | Headline: Why British holiday-makers should brace for more misery this summer from TheEconomist | 2022-07-05 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Why did Rishi Sunak resign? | 2022-07-05 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economic outlook has deteriorated, Bank of England warns | 2022-07-05 |
| 1.7.2, 1.7.1 | Headline: Second homes: Welsh councils to get powers to set limit | 2022-07-05 |
| 2 2 4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Brad DeLong asks what America can learn from its past bouts of inflation from TheEconomist Explanation: :A really great explanation of historical bouts of inflation in the USA through the 20th century, and a great consideration and explanation of the role of inflationary expectations. | 2022-07-05 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Kellogg's loses court case over sugary cereal supermarket offers | 2022-07-04 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Pub numbers fall to lowest on record | 2022-07-04 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Prices in Turkey rise at fastest pace for 24 years | 2022-07-04 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - UK satellite launch: 'Everything now is about getting to Cornwall' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62036897 | 2022-07-04 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Worse to come for food price rises, warns industry | 2022-07-04 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Lifeguards in Cornwall rescue surfer caught in rip current Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-62016621 | 2022-07-01 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Firms warn time is running out to save UK economy | 2022-07-01 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Two million more people paying higher rate tax | 2022-06-30 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation in America soars to 8%. Or is it more like 6%? from TheEconomist | 2022-06-30 |
| 1.1.3, 2.2.2 | Headline: Why hasn’t the British economy grown faster? from TheEconomist | 2022-06-30 |
| 2 3 4 | Headline: The latest desperate attempt to prop up the Turkish lira from TheEconomist | 2022-06-30 |
| 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | Headline: Where have all the lifeguards gone? Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/06/30/where-have-all-the-lifeguards-gone Explanation: :There is a shortage of pool and beach lifeguards in the United States, caused by the pandemic. Some of it may be due to the high skills needed to become a lifeguard. This is creating a labour shortage and pushing up wages. | 2022-06-30 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Farmers cut food production as costs soar | 2022-06-30 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Sandwich shops bite back after challenging years | 2022-06-30 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.7.1 | Headline: Number of holiday-let homes in England up 40% in three years | 2022-06-29 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Steel import tariffs extended for two years | 2022-06-29 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: G7 summit: Leaders detail $600bn plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative | 2022-06-27 |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.3 | Headline: The global economy is falling below expectations Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/06/27/the-global-economy-is-falling-below-expectations | 2022-06-27 |
| 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.4 | Headline: Retail sales fall as people cut back on food shopping | 2022-06-24 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit’s bitter end from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/23/brexits-bitter-end | 2022-06-23 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/06/23/most-of-the-worlds-grain-is-not-eaten-by-humans | 2022-06-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation hits highest for 40 years as food drives prices up | 2022-06-22 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.3 | Headline: Asda says some shoppers asking cashiers to stop at £30 | 2022-06-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor Rishi Sunak defends likely pensions rise | 2022-06-22 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofgem blamed as supplier failures lead to higher energy bills | 2022-06-22 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: 'The barriers to entry have gone - go for it now' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-61880859 Explanation: :CEO Secrets series-Tej Lalvani, CEO of Vitabiotics, talks about how starting a business is easier than ever now thanks to reduced barriers to entry. | 2022-06-22 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall academy formed to help manufacturing skills gap Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61889713 | 2022-06-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Britain’s government is restraining public-sector pay to curb inflation from TheEconomist | 2022-06-22 |
Headline: Britain is a great place to start a company, but a bad one to scale it up from TheEconomist | 2022-06-21 | |
| 2.2.4, 1.6.5, 1.3.2 | Headline: Ros Atkins on… Why rail strikes are happening Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-61871442 Explanation: :A really great explanation of the wage-price spiral! | 2022-06-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Global inflation: Five ways US rate rise will affect you | 2022-06-20 |
| 2 | Headline: A vicious circle of inflationary expectations from TheEconomist http://espresso.economist.com/d33becd29da7580ea1e80650579e467b Link: https://undefined | 2022-06-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: A vicious circle of inflationary expectations from TheEconomist Link: http://espresso.economist.com/d33becd29da7580ea1e80650579e467b | 2022-06-20 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Train strike: How much are rail workers paid? | 2022-06-20 |
| 1.3.2, 1.6.8 | Headline: Ros Atkins on… Why rail strikes are happening | 2022-06-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: People’s inflation expectations are rising—and will be hard to bring down from TheEconomist | 2022-06-19 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: BBC News - Big pay rises could push prices up, says minister | 2022-06-18 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Big pay rises could push prices up, says minister | 2022-06-18 |
Headline: UK interest rates raised to 1.25% by Bank of England | 2022-06-17 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Yen falls as Bank of Japan bucks rate rise trend | 2022-06-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Asos hit as rising prices see shoppers return more | 2022-06-16 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Warning food prices to rise quickly over summer | 2022-06-16 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Shocking drivers with road-death statistics leads to more crashes from TheEconomist | 2022-06-16 |
Headline: Shocking drivers with road-death statistics leads to more crashes from TheEconomist | 2022-06-16 | |
| 2.2.5, 1.1.3 | Headline: British cities all grow at roughly the same speed from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/06/15/british-cities-all-grow-at-roughly-the-same-speed | 2022-06-16 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Shocking drivers with road-death statistics leads to more crashes | 2022-06-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: US makes biggest interest rate rise in almost 30 years | 2022-06-15 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Weak pound puts the squeeze on holiday spending | 2022-06-15 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Petrol cost hit new high every day for past month | 2022-06-15 |
Headline: The Fed and the ECB turn on a dime from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/06/15/the-fed-and-the-ecb-turn-on-a-dime | 2022-06-15 | |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Fed and the ECB turn on a dime from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/06/15/the-fed-and-the-ecb-turn-on-a-dime | 2022-06-15 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.1.3 | Headline: The construction industry remains horribly climate-unfriendly from TheEconomist | 2022-06-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Rising prices see basic pay fall at fastest rate in a decade | 2022-06-14 |
Headline: Petrol stations hit back in fuel duty row | 2022-06-14 | |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.3.4 | Headline: Stocks slide over global economy concerns | 2022-06-14 |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Fears for UK economy grow as higher prices bite | 2022-06-13 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Petrol prices hit new high as urgent review ordered | 2022-06-13 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: America’s inflation headache gets worse from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/06/13/americas-inflation-headache-gets-worse | 2022-06-13 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: UK farmers turn to Nepal and Tajikistan for fruit pickers | 2022-06-13 |
Headline: How supply-chain turmoil is remaking the car industry from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/06/12/how-supply-chain-turmoil-is-remaking-the-car-industry | 2022-06-12 | |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Salt and sugar tax for England to be ruled out | 2022-06-11 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Canada mulls putting warnings on each cigarette | 2022-06-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Energy and food drive US inflation to highest for 40 years | 2022-06-11 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Eurozone interest rates set to rise for first time in 11 years | 2022-06-10 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.5, 1.1.3 | Headline: Low economic growth is a slow-burning crisis for Britain from TheEconomist | 2022-06-09 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse from TheEconomist | 2022-06-09 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse from TheEconomist | 2022-06-09 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Will there soon be a surplus of lithium? from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/06/09/will-there-soon-be-a-surplus-of-lithium | 2022-06-09 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How does raising interest rates control inflation? | The Economist Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8VBRCs2jTU Explanation: :This is a great video which explains interest rates, central banks, and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. | 2022-06-09 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Petrol prices see biggest daily jump in 17 years | 2022-06-08 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - UK to see slowest growth of developed countries, says OECD | 2022-06-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: How to run a business at a time of stagflation from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/06/08/how-to-run-a-business-at-a-time-of-stagflation | 2022-06-08 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - World Bank warns of recession risk due to Ukraine war | 2022-06-07 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Rangers, JD Sports and Elite Sports accused of fixing kit prices Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61717713 | 2022-06-07 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: India wheat export ban: Why it matters to the world | 2022-06-06 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - Work can begin on new St Austell road after funding confirmed Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61673099 | 2022-06-03 |
Headline: Why Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores from TheEconomist | 2022-06-02 | |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Britain’s overstretched electricity grid is delaying housing projects from TheEconomist | 2022-06-02 |
| 1.2.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Miller and railway charity battling against more frequent price hikes Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-61623715 | 2022-05-30 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: The changing American consumer from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/29/the-changing-american-consumer | 2022-05-29 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Business confidence is falling, says Natwest boss | 2022-05-27 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.1.2 | Headline: Brits set to spend millions on Platinum Jubilee merchandise | 2022-05-27 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Soaring fertiliser prices force farmers to rethink | 2022-05-27 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What is the energy price cap and why are bills going up so much? | 2022-05-27 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Every household to get energy bill discounts of £400 this autumn | 2022-05-26 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: 'We don't want UK-EU trade war' - Irish PM | 2022-05-26 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war: World Bank boss warns over global recession | 2022-05-26 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Carbon markets are going global from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/26/carbon-markets-are-going-global | 2022-05-26 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: China in Africa: should the West be worried? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBHqjYuJ5eI Explanation: :This video looks at the growing influence of Chinese FDI in Africa. | 2022-05-26 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Recession fears cast shadow over Davos gathering | 2022-05-25 |
| 1.2.1, 3.1.1 | Headline: Why banning food exports does not work from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/25/why-banning-food-exports-does-not-work | 2022-05-25 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61568286 | 2022-05-25 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The recipe for the outperformance of Swiss businesses from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/05/23/the-recipe-for-the-outperformance-of-swiss-businesses | 2022-05-24 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Funding to develop walking and cycling route between Penryn and Falmouth Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61569813 | 2022-05-24 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: What is the UK's inflation rate and why is the cost of living going up? | 2022-05-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Millionaires at Davos say 'tax us more' | 2022-05-23 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: Housing in America has become much harder to afford | 2022-05-23 |
| 1.7.2, 1.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Governments should subsidise food and energy, says IMF boss | 2022-05-22 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61568286 | 2022-05-22 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: Newquay Narrowcliff development plan consultation starts Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61508090 | 2022-05-20 |
| 2.2.4, 1.2.1 | Headline: Why your haircut is getting more expensive | 2022-05-19 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The future of public transport in Britain from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/05/19/the-future-of-public-transport-in-britain | 2022-05-19 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The future of public transport in Britain from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/05/19/the-future-of-public-transport-in-britain | 2022-05-19 |
| 1.2 1, 1.7.2 | Headline: Travel patterns have changed for good. Transport systems should, too from TheEconomist | 2022-05-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9% as energy bills soar | 2022-05-18 |
| 2.2.3, 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Wages hit by rising prices but unemployment rate falls | 2022-05-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Petrol retailers told to pass on fuel duty cut | 2022-05-17 |
| 1.3.1, 2.2.3, 1.3.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time | 2022-05-17 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Cornwall 'could be UK's Silicon Valley' Link: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-could-uks-silicon-valley-7076583 | 2022-05-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The new jet set - why private plane usage has soared Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61391638 Explanation: :This is a clear influence on demand- as a result of the pandemic, more (high-income) people want to make use of private jets. But will this trend last? | 2022-05-16 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ryanair warns flight prices to Europe will rise this summer | 2022-05-16 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Diesel prices reach record of over £1.80 a litre | 2022-05-16 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war: Global wheat prices jump after India export ban | 2022-05-16 |
| 2.2.4, 1.2.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Bank governor in 'apocalyptic' warning over rising food prices | 2022-05-16 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Who is to blame for soaring prices? | 2022-05-16 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Cornwall Council in £27m switch to online services Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61467586 | 2022-05-16 |
Headline: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money | 2022-05-15 | |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Junk food: Obesity strategy falling apart, Jamie Oliver says | 2022-05-14 |
| 1.1.1, 1.4.1 | Headline: BBC News - St Ives plans public toilet charges 'for tourists only' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61435595 | 2022-05-14 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Covid: Have the lockdown success stories lost their shine? | 2022-05-14 |
| 1.2.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Drivers cut back on journeys as fuel costs bite | 2022-05-13 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Rishi Sunak threatens energy firms with windfall tax | 2022-05-12 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit: What is the Northern Ireland Protocol? | 2022-05-12 |
| 2.2.4, 2.2.2, 2.1.3 | Headline: Recession fears grow as rising prices hit spending | 2022-05-12 |
Headline: Windfall tax on energy firms still an option | 2022-05-12 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Do tax cuts stimulate the economy? - Jonathan Smith | 2022-05-12 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Even outside America, inflation is starting to look entrenched | 2022-05-10 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: China lockdown: What do zero-Covid policies mean for UK prices? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-61274640 Explanation: :China is pursuing a zero-covid policy. This has big implications for the products produced there, and then on the industries in the UK which use those products. Lots of examples of shifts in the supply curve here. | 2022-05-10 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Morrisons close to winning race to rescue McColl's Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61370179 Explanation: :An interesting example of horizontal integration. | 2022-05-09 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Rise in Britons saying they skip meals or go hungry Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61373480 Explanation: :A clear cost of inflation in the 2022 cost of living crisis- people are having to make grim choices about how to save money in a time of rising prices. | 2022-05-09 |
| 1.2.1, 2.3.4 | Headline: Bitcoin value drops by 50% since November peak Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61375152 Explanation: :Demand for bitcoin seems to be sliding- hence the 50% fall in its value. | 2022-05-09 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Universal credit switchover is a bad move, say charities Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61339069 Explanation: :Interesting information about the reality of changing how benefits are paid. | 2022-05-09 |
| 2.2.2, 2.2.3 | Headline: US job creation beats forecasts despite headwinds | 2022-05-07 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Russia’s economy is back on its feet Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/07/russias-economy-is-back-on-its-feet | 2022-05-07 |
| 1.2 1, 2.2.2, 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - House prices hit new record but growth set to slow | 2022-05-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates: What are they and how high could they go? | 2022-05-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: US makes biggest interest rate rise in 22 years | 2022-05-05 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: RBI repo rate: India central bank hikes interest rates after two years | 2022-05-05 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: Shell profits nearly triple as oil prices surge Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61330552 Explanation: :The priced of oil has gone up . . . so the profits of Shell have surged. Profits of £7.3bn in the first three months of the year! When the price of your good goes up on global markets, you find yourself making abnormal profit. | 2022-05-05 |
| 2.2.2, 2.3.2 | Headline: BBC News - Warning UK economy to shrink as interest rates rise | 2022-05-05 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The war in Ukraine has caused a labour crunch on Britain’s farms | 2022-05-05 |
| 2.3.1, 1.6.3 | Headline: BP profits soar as calls for windfall tax grow Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61304001 Explanation: :Profits for BP are forecast to be up (due to high price of oil). But millions of people are struggling to pay bills. There is a call for a one-off 'windfall' tax on these profits to help out those struggling with their bills. | 2022-05-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Energy prices: What is a windfall tax and how would it work? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60295177 Explanation: :There are calls for a 'windfall tax' on oil producers due to their high prices. This article explains what that would look like. | 2022-05-04 |
| 2.3.2, 2.1.8 | Headline: BBC News - Can the Bank of England stop spiralling inflation? | 2022-05-04 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: ‘I can’t see it getting any better’: could the UK be heading for a recession? Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/03/could-uk-be-heading-for-a-recession | 2022-05-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Australia election: Interest rates rise for first time in decade | 2022-05-03 |
| 2.2.5, 3.3.3 | Headline: BBC News - Why Europe will have to face the true cost of being in debt to China | 2022-05-03 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes has generated a number of research outputs . . . | 2022-05-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Buyers revive interest in city flats after return to office | 2022-05-01 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Russia says it has made payments to avoid debt default Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61275576 Explanation: :Russia, like any other government, has borrowed money. With sanctions now imposed due to the war in Ukraine, it is difficult for them to get the US dollars they need to pay it back. Despite this difficulty, they have found the dollars to pay the debt and avoid default. | 2022-04-30 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Small businesses focus on rising costs ahead of the local elections Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-61273434 Explanation: :The effects of inflation: how small businesses cope with rising prices. | 2022-04-30 |
Headline: What Ron DeSantis’s spat with Disney says about American politics | 2022-04-30 | |
| 1.2.1, 1.6.4 | Headline: Amazon posts first loss since 2015 as online sales falter Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61264509 Explanation: :Amazon seems to have declining demand for its services following the pandemic. This, as well as higher costs, seems to have pushed it into making a loss. | 2022-04-29 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Number of firms in critical financial distress rises sharply Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61258362 Explanation: :Costs are rising, making it more difficult for firms to stay in business. A nice little explanation that is applicable to normal/abnormal profit considerations. | 2022-04-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: House prices up 12% but rises expected to slow, says Nationwide | 2022-04-29 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: US economy contracts as Ukraine war hits trade | 2022-04-28 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit import checks delayed for fourth time | 2022-04-28 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Landfill tax rises boosting fly-tipping, says spending watchdog | 2022-04-27 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government borrowing halves as Covid costs fall Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61226277 Explanation: :Government borrowing for 2021-2022 came in at £151.8bn, which was less than half of the £317.6bn borrowed in 2020-21. But it's still pretty high! | 2022-04-26 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Shoppers could face £271 rise in annual food bills | 2022-04-26 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.5 | Headline: Cost of living crisis: Changes to childcare and MOT rules considered to help budgets Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61227622 Explanation: :Inflation is rising and the government is looking for ways to help- so they are proposing to change health and safety requirements. This could supposedly be considered a supply-side policy through deregulation. | 2022-04-26 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Pilot shortages will buffet America’s airlines Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/26/pilot-shortages-will-buffet-americas-airlines | 2022-04-26 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Whisky and visas could be part of a UK-India trade deal | 2022-04-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why the Federal Reserve has made a historic mistake on inflation | 2022-04-23 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Retail sales fall as rising cost of living bites Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61157856 Explanation: :Consumer spending is going down- and it's because real incomes are falling due to inflation. A pretty good example of how real incomes affect consumption as a component of AD. | 2022-04-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Does high inflation matter? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/04/22/does-high-inflation-matter Explanation: :This is a great article about the costs of inflation (reduction in real value of savings, price distortions, and lower real income)- both analysis and evaluation. Plus there is a great explanation of price signals with regard to cars and bicycles. | 2022-04-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Lockdown unlocks confidence to go make-up free | 2022-04-21 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Fridge-freezer prices up by 30%, says retail boss Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61147756 Explanation: :The price of fridge-freezers has gone up, and the reason is all to do with supply- lockdowns in China restricting supply, as well as increases in shipping costs. | 2022-04-20 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - French winemakers fan flames to save 2022 crop | 2022-04-08 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war causes giant leap in global food prices, says UN | 2022-04-08 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Canada proposes foreign buyers home real estate ban | 2022-04-07 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Calories now appear on menus in large restaurant chains | 2022-04-06 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: How Russia rescued the ruble | 2022-04-05 |
| 1.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.1.1 | Headline: The British government made mistakes when sourcing protective gear from TheEconomist | 2022-04-02 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Joe Biden orders 'unprecedented' release of oil reserves | 2022-03-31 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Russia threatens to stop supplying gas if not paid in roubles | 2022-03-31 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Are we entering a 'golden age' for trade unions? | 2022-03-31 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Why is the rouble so resilient? Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/03/31/why-is-the-rouble-so-resilient | 2022-03-31 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Chris Rock concert tickets surge after Oscars slap Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60881824 Explanation: :Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. Now tickets to Rock's comedy shows are selling out, with prices skyrocketing | 2022-03-30 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Machines are once again doing the car-washing in Britain from TheEconomist | 2022-03-26 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Botox and other injectable cosmetics are booming from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2022/03/26/botox-and-other-injectable-cosmetics-are-booming | 2022-03-26 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Will the Digital Markets Act help Europe breed digital giants? | 2022-03-26 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Millennial demand helps stoke the housing boom from TheEconomist | 2022-03-26 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak accused of not doing enough for poorest households | 2022-03-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Fuel duty cut by 5p a litre to help motorists | 2022-03-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak is a 'tax raising chancellor' - Rachel Reeves | 2022-03-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Sunak defends announced measures following criticism | 2022-03-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement 2022: Chancellor announces 1p income tax cut by 2024 | 2022-03-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Lack of help from Rishi Sunak for struggling UK families will push 1.3m into poverty | 2022-03-24 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US rolls back Trump-era tariffs on UK steel | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation hits new 30-year high ahead of Sunak statement | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Borrowing figures give Rishi Sunak 'wiggle room | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Is Rishi Sunak a tax-cutter? | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver Spring Statement amid price pressures | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Rishi Sunak seeks to combat cost-of-living squeeze | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: How have people received today's announcements? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-60846805 | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Key points at a glance | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Spring Statement: One family's cost of living experience | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.2.4, 2.3.1 | Headline: Squeeze on households overwhelms tax reversal | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BBC editors react to Sunak's 2022 Spring Statement | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring statement: 'Sunak doesn't understand scale of challenge' - Labour | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: People face biggest drop in living standards since 1956 | 2022-03-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: Borrowing figures give Rishi Sunak 'wiggle room' | 2022-03-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: What to expect on fuel, pensions and benefits | 2022-03-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement | 2022-03-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Why is petrol so expensive and what is fuel duty? | 2022-03-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60763168 Explanation: :It would appear that old 'brick' (or 'dumb') phones are back on trend. | 2022-03-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Spring Statement: What to expect on fuel, pensions and benefits | 2022-03-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Martin Lewis: Fuel and energy price rises 'catastrophic' | 2022-03-20 |
Headline: CMA provisionally finds offshore helicopter merger raises concerns Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60780959 | 2022-03-18 | |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates rise again to counter higher prices | 2022-03-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: P&O sacks 800 workers as crew refuse to leave ships Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001 Explanation: :A lack of demand during the pandemic has been bad for P&O Ferries | 2022-03-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Ocado sales hit as workers return to the office Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60777497 Explanation: :Demand for online delivery of groceries has been falling since lockdown restrictions have been lifted. | 2022-03-17 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Ukraine war could hit global growth, OECD warns | 2022-03-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why your fish and chips may cost a lot more | 2022-03-17 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How the interest rate rise might affect you | 2022-03-17 |
Headline: Diesel rises again to hit a record £1.76 a litre | 2022-03-16 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Fears Russia will not be able to pay its debts mount | 2022-03-16 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Fears Russia will not be able to pay its debts mount | 2022-03-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: 'My pay isn't keeping up with rising prices' | 2022-03-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Sports bras in, doughnuts out of cost of living measure | 2022-03-15 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Recruitment firm managers tell staff how to continue to work during furlough | 2022-03-14 |
| 2.1.5 | Headline: BBC News - Russia faces brain drain as thousands flee abroad | 2022-03-13 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Farming Wales: The farmer making vodka from sheep milk Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60692167 Explanation: :Agriculture and factors of production- showing how resources can be used for a variety of production processes. | 2022-03-12 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US to ban Russian diamond and vodka imports | 2022-03-11 |
Headline: Ukraine brings significant economic uncertainty, Rishi Sunak warns | 2022-03-11 | |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Petrol price hits new record above £1.60 a litre | 2022-03-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Farmers warn Ukraine war will hit UK food prices | 2022-03-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Ukraine war: Oil price rises again due to fears over Russian shortfall | 2022-03-10 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Rising fuel and food costs push US inflation to 7.9% | 2022-03-10 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: War in Ukraine: IMF approves $1.4bn emergency funding | 2022-03-10 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Borrow billions or see incomes squeezed, Rishi Sunak told | 2022-03-10 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Private military firms see demand in Ukraine war | 2022-03-09 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - War in Ukraine: Warning oil sanctions will further hit UK living costs | 2022-03-09 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Ukraine war: Cost of filling diesel family car hits record £90 | 2022-03-09 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: War in Ukraine: Russia soon unable to pay its debts, warns agency | 2022-03-09 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall second homes: 300% tax hike a 'great idea' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60679649 | 2022-03-09 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Are economically inactive people the answer to staff shortages? | 2022-03-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Greggs warns of more price increases | 2022-03-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Warning UK faces biggest income squeeze in nearly 50 years | 2022-03-08 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: War in Ukraine: Crisis is unleashing 'hell on earth' for food prices | 2022-03-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Greggs warns of more price increases | 2022-03-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Five ways the Ukraine war could push up prices | 2022-03-07 |
| 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Ukraine war 'catastrophic for global food' | 2022-03-07 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Food boss says prices could rise by up to 15% | 2022-03-04 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: Bet365 boss Denise Coates gets £300m pay package - a £170m cut | 2022-03-03 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ros Atkins on... food price rises and the Ukraine war | 2022-03-01 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Ukraine conflict: Russia doubles interest rate after rouble slumps | 2022-02-28 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Oxford zero emissions zone launched in city centre Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-60523907 | 2022-02-28 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: UK petrol price jumps above £1.50 as oil costs rise | 2022-02-28 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Ukraine conflict: Five ways life could get more expensive | 2022-02-28 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: UK has highest lung disease deaths in Western Europe - study | 2022-02-28 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: London mayor wants daily driving charge of up to £2 | 2022-02-28 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: 'What do you put first? Food, heating or petrol?' | 2022-02-26 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.3.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Fears of UK food and fuel prices rising due to war | 2022-02-26 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2, | Headline: Oil hits seven-year high but shares rebound on Russian war | 2022-02-25 |
| 1 2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Oil hits seven-year high and shares sink as Russia invades Ukraine | 2022-02-24 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: The crushing pain of India's job seekers Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-60491427 | 2022-02-24 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Could you pledge not to fly on a plane for a whole year | 2022-02-24 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Mais Lecture 2022 Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chancellor-rishi-sunaks-mais-lecture-2022 Explanation: :Rishi Sunak delivered a lecture at Bayes Business school to outline his view of what fiscal policy should accomplish. | 2022-02-24 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall Cornwall proposes country park parking charges Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60492936 | 2022-02-23 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall Cornwall proposes country park parking charges Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60492936 Explanation: :Price mechanism and the rationing function- is this a good idea? | 2022-02-23 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: uk budget surplus | 2022-02-22 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Surging commodity prices | 2022-02-22 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall daffodil picker shortage: Can I make the cut? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60414856 | 2022-02-20 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Oxford traffic: Workplace parking levy plan extended across city Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-60429261 | 2022-02-18 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Are climate goals compatible with reducing poverty? | 2022-02-18 |
Headline: BBC News - Survey completed ahead of west Cornwall A30 dualling funding bid Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60407316 | 2022-02-17 | |
| 2.2.4` | Headline: KitKat and Durex makers Nestle and Reckitt warn of price rises | 2022-02-17 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The appetite for protein bars gives much to chew on | 2022-02-17 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Prof Chris Whitty: Air pollution is 'everybody's problem' | 2022-02-17 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Higher clothing and footwear prices push living costs up again in January Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60390527 Explanation: :Inflation for year to January 2022 has gone up to 5.5%. | 2022-02-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Energy bills: 'I wear two dressing gowns due to inflation' | 2022-02-16 |
| 2.2.4, 1.2.1 | Headline: Cost of living: Heineken to put up beer prices as costs soar | 2022-02-16 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: UK wage growth lags rising cost of living | 2022-02-15 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Broadband firms urged to offer deals to low-income families Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60386105 Explanation: :Regulators in market- Ofcom is urging internet providers to help low-income families with 'social tariff'. | 2022-02-15 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Air fare rises are unavoidable, warns Air France-KLM | 2022-02-14 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Petrol and diesel prices reach new record high | 2022-02-14 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: JD Sports and Footasylum fined £4.7m for competition breach | 2022-02-14 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: Big banks fund new oil and gas despite net zero pledges Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60366054 Explanation: :Here's an interesting on business objectives. Big banks are pulling out of investments in fossil fuels. Are they doing this because it's profit maximising? Or is there something else they're optimising here? | 2022-02-14 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy rebounds with 7.5% growth last year | 2022-02-11 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China halts Lithuania beef, dairy and beer imports amid Taiwan row Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60343316 Explanation: :Trade restrictions between Lithuania and China, apparently because of political ties with Taiwan. | 2022-02-11 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: GDP as measurement (UK parliament) Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZxbYfDIhV4/?utm_medium=copy_link | 2022-02-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Cost of pasta and tinned tomatoes jumps as shop prices rise | 2022-02-11 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Covid pandemic: Drinkers shun beer for wine and spirits Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60335733 Explanation: :Seems that consumer tastes and fashion are changing- shifts in demand for different alcohol products. | 2022-02-11 |
| 1.2.1, 2.2.4 | Headline: Marmite maker Unilever to raise prices as costs soar Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60324332 Explanation: :This article summarises how consumer brands are putting up prices due to inflationary pressures | 2022-02-10 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: US consumer prices rise at fastest rate since 1982 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60336676 Explanation: :USA is | 2022-02-10 |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.7 | Headline: Freedom Convoy: Canada trucker protests force car plant shutdowns Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60331882 Explanation: :An influence on supply- disruption of supply chains due to truckers' protests in Canada. | 2022-02-10 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Preston store manager defends price rises amid complaints Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-60322828 | 2022-02-10 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Menzies Aviation rejects Kuwaiti rival's £470m takeover bid Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60318195 | 2022-02-10 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Warning over border delays when new checks kick in Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60308494 Explanation: :Non-tariff barriers at Irish border. | 2022-02-09 |
Headline: US and Japan agree to cut Trump-era steel tariffs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60297875 Explanation: :Tariffs taken down on steel coming into the USA | 2022-02-09 | |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.5, 1.5.1 | Headline: Global chip shortage: Toyota profits fall as production hit | 2022-02-09 |
Headline: 'Apprenticeships make you grow up faster than uni' | 2022-02-09 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: BP hits back at calls for windfall tax on bumper profits | 2022-02-08 |
Headline: Beer prices will have to rise, says Cobra founder | 2022-02-07 | |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: House price growth set to slow considerably, says Halifax | 2022-02-07 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Don't ask for a big pay rise, warns Bank of England boss Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60206564 Explanation: :Inflation is rising and interest rates are rising to chase it. Andrew Bailey is saying that workers should not ask their bosses for a pay rise, as this might increase inflationary expectations. | 2022-02-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Fuel and excise duty must be replaced with new tax, MPs say Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60251046 Explanation: :As electric cars become more common, politicians are concerned that there will be less tax revenue available for what was previously collected from fuel duty. | 2022-02-04 |
Headline: Backlash after Bank boss says don't ask for big pay rise Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60252340 Explanation: :Bank of | 2022-02-04 | |
| 1.2.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Why are gas bills so high and what's the energy price cap? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58090533 Explanation: :Lots of information on price cap etc, but a few paragraphs down there is a great analysis of why supply and demand have meant wholesale prices have gone up. Good information here about the regulator, OFGEM, as well. | 2022-02-04 |
Headline: test Link: test Explanation: :This is a test, no 3. | 2022-02-04 | |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: 'We'll cut back on things that make memories' | 2022-02-04 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: UK City of Culture 2025: Bid submitted for Cornwall Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60235983 Explanation: :Cornwall obtaining UK City of Culture 2025 could have long-lasting benefits | 2022-02-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How the interest rate rise might affect you Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59140059 Explanation: :A nice article that explains the effect of interest rate rises- both on homeowners and savers. | 2022-02-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Interest rates rise again in bid to cool soaring prices | 2022-02-03 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: ‘How will we afford anything with bills this high?’ | 2022-02-03 |
| 2.2.4, 2.1.8 | Headline: Don't ask for a big pay rise, warns Bank of England boss (Long video) Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-60253265 Explanation: :Long video interview with Andrew Bailey- | 2022-02-03 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Shoppers hit with sharpest price rises in a decade | 2022-02-02 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Most-polluted street breaches air quality limit | 2022-01-30 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Ros Atkins on... the rising cost of living (video) | 2022-01-29 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmland would be needed | 2022-01-28 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: My job: What it's like digging graves for a living | 2022-01-27 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Is Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s monetary policy as mad as it seems? from TheEconomist | 2022-01-27 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: HGVs: Driver hopes more women get behind the wheel | 2022-01-27 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: BBC News - Jack Monroe hails inflation-measure shake-up | 2022-01-26 |
| 1.7.2, 1.7.3 | Headline: BBC News - Oxford Woodstock Road bus lanes to be axed in major revamp Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-60139080 | 2022-01-26 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Four things that are going up in price and why Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60082564 Explanation: :Explanation for why four products are increasing in prices: Sunday Lunch, Skincare Products, Furniture, and Used Cars. | 2022-01-23 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US and UK finally sit down on steel tariffs | 2022-01-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: What high inflation means - in 90 seconds (video) | 2022-01-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Gen Z on battling soaring inflation for the first time | 2022-01-20 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Pay rises fail to keep up with the cost of living | 2022-01-18 |
Headline: China cuts interest rates as economic growth slows | 2022-01-17 | |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Why North Dakota, not New York, may be the land of opportunity | 2022-01-15 |
| 1.1.1, 1.3.1 | Headline: Why Britain needs more migrants Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/01/14/why-britain-needs-more-migrants | 2022-01-14 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US will remove UK steel tariffs 'when the time is right' | 2022-01-13 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: A trade deal with India in 2022 would be a big prize | 2022-01-13 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: The alcohol-free 'off-licence' helping with Dry January Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-59973918 | 2022-01-13 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The alcohol-free 'off-licence' helping with Dry January Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-59973918 | 2022-01-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: World Bank warns global economy faces grim outlook | 2022-01-11 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Covid: Shoppers swap party clothes for loungewear | 2022-01-11 |
| 2.1.3 | Headline: #NoSpendJanuary: Can it really be done? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59920978 Explanation: :Interesting influence on aggregate demand- people are taking to Twitter to trend that people cut down on their consumer expenditure in January. | 2022-01-11 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: University of Manchester students reveal impact of rising inflation costs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-60341811 | 2022-01-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: London faces pollution public health crisis, Sadiq Khan says | 2022-01-11 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone plan to be reviewed Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-59893092 | 2022-01-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Caviar sales soar as more people get a taste for posh fish eggs | 2022-01-06 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Traffic pollution linked to one in 12 child asthma cases - study (audio) | 2022-01-06 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Holiday lets register considered amid concern over affordable homes | 2022-01-06 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: The price of a Turkish breakfast staple has risen 40% | 2021-12-17 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit: UK signs free trade deal with Australia | 2021-12-17 |
| 1.7.2, 1.7.3 | Headline: New Zealand’s plan to outlaw smoking for the next generation is misguided from TheEconomist | 2021-12-17 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Turkey cuts interest rates despite spiralling inflation | 2021-12-16 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations | 2021-12-09 |
| 1.2.2, 1.2.4 | Headline: Amid shortage, Canada taps into emergency maple syrup reserves Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59555141 Explanation: :A cool link to PES- if there is a stock of maple syrup, presumably this would make it more elastic! | 2021-12-06 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Remittances have cushioned the impact of covid-19 in poor countries | 2021-11-25 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Air link between Cornwall and London secured in new deal | 2021-11-22 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: Early Christmas shopping helps boost retail sales | 2021-11-20 |
| 1.1.1 | Headline: HS2: What is the route, when will it be finished and what will it cost Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16473296 Explanation: :This article is an update on HS2- the government's plan to improve high-speed rail between London and the North of England. Check out how much it cost. What else could the government have done with this money? | 2021-11-18 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Firm fined after accident on rail line leaves driver trapped Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59310822 | 2021-11-17 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Jobs figures: 'Record numbers of people are in work' says chancellor | 2021-11-16 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Competition watchdog says helicopter merger raises concerns Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59333133 | 2021-11-16 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: COP26: How much is spent supporting fossil fuels and green energy? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/59233799 Explanation: :This article looks at some of the subsidies that are given to green energy | 2021-11-15 |
| 2.2.3, 1.3.1 | Headline: The robots behind the bar that want to pull your next pint | 2021-11-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: What is GDP and how is it measured? | 2021-11-11 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Smoking: Plan to make Wales 'smoke-free' by 2030 | 2021-11-08 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Do “greedy jobs” cause the gender pay gap? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/11/06/do-greedy-jobs-cause-the-gender-pay-gap | 2021-11-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England hints at future interest rate rise | 2021-11-04 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: JD Sports furious after being forced to sell Footasylum | 2021-11-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: What is hydrogen energy and why is it important? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-59092240 | 2021-11-04 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Can carbon trading reduce global emissions? Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/can-carbon-trading-reduce-global-emissions | 2021-11-03 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: COP26: 'Airbnb host increased my booking by $2,000' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59051397 | 2021-10-26 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax cheat schemes cost governments billions | 2021-10-21 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China's trade practices come under fire | 2021-10-21 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog | 2021-10-20 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Job vacancies: 'I still can't find any work' | 2021-10-13 |
| 1.2.2, 2.2.4 | Headline: Inflation: Price of top China soy sauce raised as costs surge | 2021-10-13 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Apple shares drop on iPhone 13 production fears | 2021-10-13 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Nobel Prize in economics explodes minimum wage and jobs myth | 2021-10-13 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: UK job vacancies reach 20-year high | 2021-10-12 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The Nobel prize in economics celebrates an empirical revolution | 2021-10-12 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Nobel economics prize rewards work on minimum wage | 2021-10-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Nations agree to 15% minimum corporate tax rate | 2021-10-08 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jimmy Carr: Comedy made my whole life better Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58683108 Explanation: :A little background about Jimmy Carr, following on from his tax avoidance scandal. | 2021-10-07 |
| 1.2.1, 2.1.5 | Headline: Ros Atkins On… Global supply chain disruption (video) | 2021-10-02 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: How do carbon markets work? | 2021-10-01 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Furlough scheme ends with almost 1 million left in limbo | 2021-09-30 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: End of furlough: 'The scheme was a godsend' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-58750362 | 2021-09-30 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Covid in Scotland: 'Going on furlough saved my life' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-58583035 | 2021-09-30 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Brexit: East Anglian turkey farmers warn of Christmas shortage Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-58736742 | 2021-09-30 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: £15 UK minimum wage may not be the best way to tackle poverty | 2021-09-29 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Petrol prices at eight-year high amid fuel issues | 2021-09-28 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Oil price rises above $80 for first time in three years | 2021-09-28 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Gas price crisis: Food firms face huge price rise for carbon dioxide | 2021-09-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Carbon-dioxide shortage threatens food security - meat industry | 2021-09-17 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: The epicentre of Britain's pandemic house price boom | 2021-09-13 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Competition watchdog clears Viagogo-Stubhub merger | 2021-09-08 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: London's unemployment situation explained Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-58440690 | 2021-09-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: England sees 'boom' in second homes flipped to holiday lets | 2021-09-06 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Covid: Report finds big rises in garden furniture prices | 2021-08-29 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Apple exemplified an era of global capitalism that has passed | 2021-08-28 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Why is there a chip shortage? | 2021-08-27 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: UK self-catering holiday prices soar in pandemic | 2021-08-25 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Covid PCR tests: Call to investigate cost of travel tests in Wales | 2021-08-25 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Nvidia's takeover of Arm raises serious concerns, says watchdog | 2021-08-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Competition watchdog says Facebook could have to sell Giphy | 2021-08-12 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Groupon told to improve how it treats customers | 2021-08-09 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall visitors putting pressure on services Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-58099906 | 2021-08-06 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Toy giant Mattel warns of higher prices as costs rise | 2021-07-28 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Covid testing is rip-off, says former regulator | 2021-07-17 |
Headline: Vital art of talking to strangers Link: https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/07/10/the-vital-art-of-talking-to-strangers | 2021-07-10 | |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: UK-Australia trade deal: What are the arguments for and against? | 2021-06-17 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Funeral firms ordered to make prices clearer | 2021-06-16 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Apple and Google investigated by UK competition body | 2021-06-15 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: BBC News - Cornwall prepares City of Culture 2025 bid Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57465876 | 2021-06-14 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: BBC News - Plastic pollution: take-out food is littering the oceans Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57436143 | 2021-06-11 |
Headline: BBC News - Can mining save Cornwall's economy? | 2021-06-11 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: US super-rich 'pay almost no income tax' | 2021-06-09 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The Morality of Taxation Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/ckn415nx427t/tax-avoidance | 2021-06-09 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Covid: What do we know about global youth unemployment? | 2021-06-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Facebook probed by UK and EU competition watchdogs | 2021-06-04 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why house prices are rising so fast in a pandemic | 2021-06-02 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why house prices are rising so fast in a pandemic | 2021-06-02 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Farmers warn of Christmas turkey shortage due to lack of staff | 2021-05-26 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government borrowing fell in April as UK reopened Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57237574 Explanation: :The economy is reopening, so there is less need for government borrowing. | 2021-05-25 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Warning of Weetabix shortage amid 'fire and rehire' strike row Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57231431 Explanation: :A strike at wheetabix- this will shift supply curve | 2021-05-24 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Better rail services promised in huge shake-up Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57176858 Explanation: :Big bit on privatisation- the UK government is taking a much bigger role in the provision of rail services | 2021-05-20 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: UK farmers face lowering of tariffs on imports Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57157094 Explanation: :Lower tariffs on agriculture means less producer surplus for UK farmers. | 2021-05-18 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Climate change: Ban all gas boilers from 2025 to reach net-zero Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57149059 Explanation: :A way of solving market failure associated with carbon consumption- a complete ban on gas boilers | 2021-05-18 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Amazon in talks to buy MGM Studios for $9bn - reports Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57153680 Explanation: :Amazon takes over MGM- could be described as a backwards vertical integration. It makes sense for a streaming platform to want control over their content. | 2021-05-18 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Unemployment rate: How many people are out of work? | 2021-05-18 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Amazon investigated by German anti-trust watchdog | 2021-05-18 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: UK hit by Cadbury 99 Flake shortage Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57149071 Explanation: :Demand for cadbury flakes has shifted, due to soft-serve ice creams in the pandemic | 2021-05-17 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Ryanair: Signs of summer travel rebound | 2021-05-17 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: UK hit by Cadbury 99 Flake shortage | 2021-05-17 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: US petrol supplies tighten after Colonial Pipeline hack Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57081386 Explanation: :Cool video included. Big cyber-attack on a pipeline in the USA means that there is limited supply, pushing prices up. | 2021-05-12 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Britain's Ghost Companies | 2021-05-11 |
| 1.2.1, 1.2.2 | Headline: US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57050690 Explanation: :There has been an attack on supply, this means that there will be a shift in the supply curve. | 2021-05-10 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Whitbread: Premier Inn owner braces for UK holiday boom | 2021-04-27 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: Covid costs push government borrowing to highest since WW2 | 2021-04-23 |
Headline: BBC News - Retro 1990s fashion: 'It was a high-risk, high-reward' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-56847088 | 2021-04-22 | |
| 2.3.4, 3.2.1 | Headline: BBC World Business Report: Why African countries want new currencies | 2021-04-21 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Asda takeover 'could lead to higher petrol prices' | 2021-04-20 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Rightmove says Cornwall's Newquay is hottest UK property market Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56734468 Explanation: :A personal favourite! Newquay house prices are booming. How can we put this down to supply/demand? | 2021-04-14 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Virgin Media and O2 'blockbuster' merger provisionally approved | 2021-04-14 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Newquay to London air contract not awarded Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56664268 Explanation: :This article highlights the PSO for flights between Cornwall and London | 2021-04-13 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Robert Mundell, an influential international economist, has died | 2021-04-08 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Prime Minister announces new deal to boost Cornwall economy Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-new-deal-to-boost-cornwall-economy | 2021-04-07 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Google, Facebook and Amazon face new UK regulator | 2021-04-07 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Danske Bank reprimanded by UK competition watchdog Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56650635 | 2021-04-06 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Can China’s new carbon market take off? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/27/can-chinas-new-carbon-market-take-off | 2021-03-27 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Dan Gertler - the man at the centre of DR Congo corruption allegations | 2021-03-23 |
| 3.1.1, 1.2.1 | Headline: Why are flowers getting more expensive? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-56408202 Explanation: :Non-tariff barriers, specifically phytosanitary document requirements, are making it more difficult to export from the EU to the UK. | 2021-03-21 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: How Covid has changed where we want to live | 2021-03-19 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Former FP McCann bosses banned over role in price fixing Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56446101 | 2021-03-18 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: African industry is doing better than previously thought A well-worn path to prosperity is still open | 2021-03-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cost of living: Hand gel in, white chocolate out | 2021-03-15 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: After a year, Berlin’s experiment with rent control is a failure | 2021-03-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Apple investigated in UK over 'unfair' App Store claims | 2021-03-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2021: Tax on company profits to rise to 25% | 2021-03-03 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Rishi Sunak's budget brings first corporation tax rise since 1974 | 2021-03-03 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Prices in the world’s biggest carbon market are soaring | 2021-02-24 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Facebook and Google 'too powerful' says watchdog boss | 2021-02-23 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Gumtree Shpock tie-up could raise fees and reduce choice, warns watchdog | 2021-02-16 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound hits three-year high on vaccination hopes | 2021-02-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy suffered record annual slump in 2020 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56037123 Explanation: :Year-end review of GDP growth in 2020- it was bad! A loss of 9.9% of GDP over the year. | 2021-02-12 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Pandemic causes UK’s biggest slump in economic output for 300 years - BBC News Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPLYzYWaB6Y Explanation: :Video (5 mins) explaining what has happened to GDP growth in the pandemic. | 2021-02-12 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: The global race to produce hydrogen offshore | 2021-02-12 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The minimum wage: does it hurt workers? (Video) | 2021-02-05 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: What are negative interest rates? | 2021-02-04 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Prosperity comes at 'devastating' cost to nature Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55893696 Explanation: :This has some very good information on criticisms of GDP as the only measure of a country's performance- namely that GDP can cause damage to the environment. | 2021-02-02 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: UK applying to join Asia-Pacific free trade pact CPTPP | 2021-01-31 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Kristal and her students are fighting to eradicate ocean plastic Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-55834814 | 2021-01-28 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: CEO Secrets: 'We tried paying everyone the same salary. It failed' | 2021-01-27 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021) | 2021-01-24 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Surging food prices push inflation to 30-year high | 2021-01-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Online shoppers warned about hidden price rises | 2021-01-20 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: G7 summit 'fantastic opportunity' for Cornwall Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-55678031 | 2021-01-17 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: BBC News - 'Long-awaited' Cornwall A30 upgrade to start in 2021 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-55662403 | 2021-01-14 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Next and Greggs raise prices as costs spiral Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59892262 Explanation: :Prices rise for two high street shops- Next and Greggs. | 2021-01-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm investigated | 2021-01-06 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Activists cheer as 'sexist' tampon tax is scrapped | 2021-01-01 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Stock markets and pound rise ahead of Brexit deal | 2020-12-24 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Rangers face competition investigation over replica kit pricing Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-55329475 | 2020-12-16 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Pound falls on the prospect of a no-deal Brexit | 2020-12-11 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Billionaire Issa brothers' Asda takeover deal probed Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-55239932 | 2020-12-09 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Lastminute.com to pay £7m in holiday refunds | 2020-12-01 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: If public spending was £100, how would it be split? | 2020-11-26 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: ComparetheMarket fined £17.9m over competition law breach | 2020-11-19 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: RCEP: Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest trading bloc | 2020-11-16 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Why is the idea of import substitution being revived? Explanation: :This is a great explanation of the history- and possible future- of Import Substituting Industrialisation (ISI) | 2020-11-06 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England boss pledges to do 'everything we can' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54817872 Explanation: :An explanation of how the Bank of England is acting to support the UK economy during the pandemic- including interest rates, QE, the impact on jobs, recession, and Brexit | 2020-11-05 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Visa and Mastercard accused of charging 'excessive' fees | 2020-10-20 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Trump taxes: A 'fundamentally unfair' system? | 2020-10-14 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Asda bought by billionaire Issa brothers in £6.8bn deal | 2020-10-02 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: The water-saving device wasting billions of litres every week | 2020-09-29 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Negative interest rates: Bank of England policymaker defends plan | 2020-09-27 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Rail franchises axed as help for train firms extended | 2020-09-21 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Puppy prices soar during coronavirus lockdown | 2020-09-18 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Rail nationalisations may be coming down the track | 2020-09-18 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy continues recovery in July Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54113948 Explanation: :The UK economy is growing again after its first lockdown- how fast will it continue growing? | 2020-09-11 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Trade talks: Why chicken, cheese, and cod are a tricky menu | 2020-09-10 |
| 2.2.6, 2.3.1 | Headline: Public Debt: how much is too much? | 2020-09-08 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofqual warned grades system would not win public support | 2020-09-02 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: The 1980s 'super recession': When unemployment topped 3m - and kept rising Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/53926797 Explanation: :A cool video explaining the effects of the recession in the 1980s, and the resulting unemployment. | 2020-09-01 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Coronavirus unemployment: 'I felt worthless' | 2020-08-29 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Eat Out to Help Out: The highs and lows of the coronavirus discount scheme | 2020-08-26 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: Why does low unemployment no longer lift inflation? | 2020-08-22 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Exams chaos: Never again, say parents, pupils, teachers | 2020-08-21 |
| 1.6.4 | Headline: Coronavirus: 'My dad built me a beauty salon in the garden' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53580173 Explanation: :This is a great example of the low barriers to entry that exist in Monopolistic Competition. | 2020-08-20 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: What harm do minimum wages do? Link: https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/08/15/what-harm-do-minimum-wages-do Explanation: :This is simply the best evaluation of minimum wages out there. Read this article to really understand whether minimum wages cause unemployment! | 2020-08-15 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Coronavirus: What is a recession? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/53736958 Explanation: :Video resource on what a recession is. | 2020-08-12 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Boris Johnson warns 'long, long way to go' for UK economy Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53733440 Explanation: :A really good overview of employment statistics from August 2020. | 2020-08-11 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: What jobs are available post-lockdown? | 2020-08-11 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Government pledges over £14m to stimulate post-COVID recovery in Cornwall Link: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/government-pledges-over-14m-stimulate-4393600 | 2020-08-07 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Five surprising facts about inequality in the UK | 2020-08-03 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Cadbury accused of 'shrinkflation' as packs get smaller | 2020-07-17 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Coronavirus: UK payrolls shrink by 649,000 jobs in lockdown | 2020-07-16 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Jobless figures 'not showing full extent of crisis' | 2020-07-16 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Coronavirus: UK payrolls shrink by 649,000 jobs in lockdown Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53427304#I-felt-heartbroken | 2020-07-16 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Could US or UK ban TikTok? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-53405538 Explanation: :This video clip explores how the USA and other countries are considering banning Tik Tok due to fears that the company may be too close to the Chinese Communist Party. | 2020-07-15 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Coronavirus: Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils £30bn plan to save jobs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53268594 Explanation: :A great example of a demand-side solution to unemployment | 2020-07-08 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: How speedily will the British economy recover Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/07/02/how-speedily-will-the-british-economy-recover | 2020-07-02 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: UK U-turn allows Amazon to invest in Deliveroo | 2020-06-25 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: How HIV/AIDS changed the world The worst of that pandemic may be over, but its effects endure Link: https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/06/25/how-hiv/aids-changed-the-world | 2020-06-25 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Why is inflation relatively low in some places? | 2020-06-20 |
| 2.2.6 | Headline: UK debt now larger than size of whole economy | 2020-06-19 |
| 1.6.6, 1.6.7 | Headline: Berkshire estate agents directors banned for price-fixing Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-53051702 | 2020-06-15 |
| 3.3.3, 1.1.3 | Headline: How manufacturing might take off in Africa | 2020-06-11 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Coronavirus: What shape will a recession and recovery take? | 2020-05-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: JD Sports' takeover of Footasylum blocked by watchdog | 2020-05-06 |
| 2.3.1, 2.2.6 | Headline: After the disease, the debt Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/04/23/after-the-disease-the-debt | 2020-04-23 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Coronavirus: G20 delays poor nations' debt payments Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52292249 Explanation: :This article is very specific to the pandemic- calling for rich countries to suspend debt repayments to the world's poorest countries. | 2020-04-15 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Calls for debt relief for world's poorest nations | 2020-04-07 |
| 3.3.1, 3.3.3 | Headline: How Africa could one day rival China | 2020-04-07 |
Headline: BBC News - How the Cornish pasty came to prosper in Virginia | 2020-04-04 | |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Competition watchdog raises fintech merger concerns Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-52099301 | 2020-03-30 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Fed moves to ease strains as dollar demand surges | 2020-03-19 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Coronavirus: Pound plunges to its lowest level in over 30 years | 2020-03-19 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Coronavirus: Pound plunges to its lowest level in over 30 years | 2020-03-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Coronavirus: US pushes direct payment plan as part of $1tn stimulus | 2020-03-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Coronavirus: Chancellor unveils £350bn lifeline for economy | 2020-03-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2020: Pledges on tampon tax and the future of cash | 2020-03-07 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: How wealthy is your neighbourhood? | 2020-03-05 |
| 2.3.2, 2.2.2 | Headline: Coronavirus: Global growth ‘could halve’ if outbreak intensifies | 2020-03-02 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross Link: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/south-west/a30-chiverton-to-carland-cross/#overview | 2020-03-01 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2020: Chancellor must raise taxes in first Budget, says IFS | 2020-02-26 |
Headline: Bob Iger, king of Disneyland from TheEconomist Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2020/02/27/bob-iger-king-of-disneyland | 2020-02-22 | |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Britain’s post-Brexit immigration rules worry business Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/02/20/britains-post-brexit-immigration-rules-worry-business | 2020-02-20 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Tesco told not to block rival supermarkets | 2020-02-14 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK economy saw zero growth at the end of 2019 | 2020-02-11 |
Headline: How McDonald's revolutionised business | 2020-02-05 | |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Brexit: Boris Johnson says 'no need' for UK to follow EU rules on trade | 2020-02-03 |
| 1.3.2, 1.1.3 | Headline: Young Britons are staying in jobs for longer Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/01/28/young-britons-are-staying-in-jobs-for-longer | 2020-01-28 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC World Service Business Report: Why are we obsessed by growth? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0816kg6 Explanation: :Szu Ping Chan takes an in-depth look at how we measure economic growth and asks if it can be improved. This is a cool podcast that explains the limitations of GDP. | 2020-01-23 |
| 1.3.2, 1.1.3 | Headline: Why young people in Britain aren’t moving job Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/01/23/why-young-people-in-britain-arent-moving-job | 2020-01-23 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Why are we obsessed by growth? | 2020-01-23 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Nicola Sturgeon: Wellbeing as important as economic growth Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51200821 Explanation: :Great explanation of the limitations of GDP- Scotland's first minister explains that people's quality of life should be as important as economic growth. | 2020-01-22 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The price of rhodium reaches an 11-year high Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/01/21/the-price-of-rhodium-reaches-an-11-year-high Explanation: :Really great set of articles on how rare metals used in cars (rhodium and palladium) are fluctuating. | 2020-01-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Bonus blow for Greggs staff prompts call for benefit and tax rethink Explanation: :A great example of how incentives need to be considered when designing a tax system- Greggs workers have a very high marginal tax rate! | 2020-01-13 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S. | 2020-01-09 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: UK minimum wage to rise by four times rate of inflation | 2019-12-31 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April | 2019-12-31 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending | 2019-12-30 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: UK unemployment falls to lowest level since 1975 | 2019-12-19 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Exchange rates: Why has the value of the pound jumped? | 2019-12-13 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: General election 2019: Pound and shares surge | 2019-12-13 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: McDonald’s latest fast food chain to join vegan craze | 2019-12-10 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: USMCA: Agreement reached on Nafta trade deal replacement | 2019-12-10 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Newquay reinvented: ‘You stopped finding knickers in your garden’ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-50434664 | 2019-12-06 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Iceland puts well-being ahead of GDP | 2019-12-03 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: BBC News - Iceland puts well-being ahead of GDP in budget | 2019-12-03 |
| 1.1.1, 2.3.1 | Headline: What does a billion pounds actually look like? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-50576648 Explanation: :This is a cool video that goes through all the options available to the government if it spent £1bn. What would you spend it on? | 2019-11-28 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Slowly, HIV is being beaten But the rich world must not turn its back on the problem Link: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/11/28/slowly-hiv-is-being-beaten | 2019-11-28 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: Black Friday: Do you know when you're being manipulated? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-50506683 Explanation: :This clip features Dr Caroline Bowman of hte Bangor School of Psychology, looking at the power of brands influencing consumer decisions. | 2019-11-25 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters- by Joseph Stiglitz Explanation: :Fantastic critique of GDP, with emphasis on environment and inequality. | 2019-11-24 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Why Seychelles has world's worst heroin problem | 2019-11-21 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Freelancers should be paid higher minimum wage, says think tank | 2019-11-20 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: General election 2019: What are nationalisation and privatisation? | 2019-11-15 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: General election 2019: Labour pledges free broadband for all | 2019-11-15 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Why does Labour want to give away free broadband? | 2019-11-15 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Party plans would ‘boost minimum pay for millions’ | 2019-11-15 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: How the government raises money from you to pay for the services you use | 2019-11-15 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: UK wage growth slows as unemployment falls | 2019-11-12 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: Labour promises free jobs retraining for adults | 2019-11-12 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Swine fever devastates China's pigs | 2019-11-12 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: UK growth 'slowest in almost a decade' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50373505 Explanation: :Description of the UK economy (pre-covid) and underlying low growth up to September 2019. | 2019-11-11 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: General election 2019: Lib Dems propose £10k 'skills wallet' for all adults | 2019-11-11 |
| 2.3.2, 3.1.1 | Headline: Bank split on rates as it warns Brexit deal would hit growth | 2019-11-07 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: How much could Labour's nationalisation plan cost? | 2019-11-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: General Election 2019: Public spending 'to rocket' in next parliament | 2019-11-04 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Sainsbury's ex-boss urges VAT rise to save High Street | 2019-11-01 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Cimabue painting found in French kitchen sets auction record Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50201691 Explanation: :Here's an interesting example of when a seller didn't know the true value of what they had. For years this painting was hanging above the stove in an old lady's kitchen in France. Then an expert spotted it- turns out it was worth £20m! | 2019-10-27 |
| 1.6.6, 1.6.7 | Headline: FP McCann facing £25m fine for part in price fixing cartel Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50155890 | 2019-10-23 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Tulip Bodmin jobs threat as firm considers factory closure Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-50157913 | 2019-10-23 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Savile Row in firing line as US tariffs hit the UK | 2019-10-18 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Savile Row in firing line as US tariffs hit the UK | 2019-10-18 |
| 1.6.3 | Headline: Can a new apple take over the world? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50048782 Explanation: :Apples are such a good example of perfect competition, and we always say that perfect competition is not dynamically efficient. But this article is proof that theory doesn't always match up with reality. Check it out- a new type of apple!!! | 2019-10-17 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Labour's nationalisation price tag would start at £196bn, CBI says | 2019-10-16 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: Eco-friendly cafe owner: I put the environment before profits | 2019-10-10 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Obesity: Ban snacking on public transport, top doctor says | 2019-10-10 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: The Cornwall teenager with a two hour bus commute Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-49978298 Explanation: :Cornwall is operating a newp government scheme to create low-fare, high-frequency "superbus" networks. Local authorities will invest in bus lanes and in exchange the operator will run more services. This will make it easier for people to get around- like Tegan from Penzance, who currently travels 2 hours per day to get to college. | 2019-10-09 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Coastal communities: Residents earn £1,600 less than people inland | 2019-10-09 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: UK productivity suffers worst drop in five years | 2019-10-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Why a row over jets could raise the cost of whisky | 2019-10-04 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Single malt Scotch whisky targeted by United States tariffs Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-49915034 | 2019-10-03 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US set to impose tariffs on $7.5bn of EU exports in Airbus row | 2019-10-02 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage: How high could the lowest salaries go? | 2019-10-01 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: WTO warns trade wars threaten living standards and jobs | 2019-10-01 |
| 1.7.1, 1.2.1 | Headline: 'The devil's excrement': How did oil become so important? | 2019-09-25 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Thomas Cook customers in shock over flight prices | 2019-09-24 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank of England forecasts low interest rates for longer | 2019-09-19 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent control will make housing shortages worse Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/09/19/rent-control-will-make-housing-shortages-worse | 2019-09-19 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Democrats clamour again for rent control Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/09/19/democrats-clamour-again-for-rent-control | 2019-09-19 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Oil prices soar after attacks on Saudi facilities Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49710820 Explanation: :What will these attacks do to the supply curve? | 2019-09-17 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Finance & economics | Free exchange The alternatives to privatisation and nationalisation | 2019-09-12 |
| 1.7.1, 1.2.1 | Headline: 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy: Oil | 2019-09-09 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent controls are back in vogue. Can they make London affordable? | 2019-09-02 |
Headline: Why America’s real-estate brokers are such a rip-off | 2019-08-29 | |
| 2.2.2, 2.1.4 | Headline: America’s strong growth this year surprises economists | 2019-08-26 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: What has gone wrong with rail franchising? | 2019-08-16 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: I tried a #NoSpendChallenge for a month Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/d0438e75-f9fc-4a85-a5b4-ce3cc040e33d Explanation: :Influence on consumption- no spending | 2019-08-12 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: Boardmasters cancellation a 'bitter blow' for Newquay businesses Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-49268875 | 2019-08-09 |
Headline: UK consumer spending growth 'falls to record low' | 2019-08-06 | |
| 2.1.2, 2.3.4 | Headline: Weak pound boosting UK tourism industry | 2019-08-02 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Five holiday destinations where a weak pound still goes far | 2019-07-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Does cutting corporation tax always raise more money? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48885496 Explanation: :Great resource on Laffer Curve- exploration of whether lower taxes generate more tax revenue. | 2019-07-05 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Why governments should prioritize well-being | 2019-07-01 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Trump Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer, Tax-Cut Guru Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/arthur-laffer-medal-of-freedom.html | 2019-06-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Daily chart: Can countries lower taxes and raise revenues? Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/18/can-countries-lower-taxes-and-raise-revenues | 2019-06-18 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Flooding threatens Staffordshire farmer's potato crop Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48666973 | 2019-06-17 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Four Berkshire estate agents 'formed fee-fixing cartel' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-48624274 | 2019-06-13 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? | 2019-06-04 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Young adults benefit from better pay | 2019-05-30 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Ultra-processed food linked to early death | 2019-05-30 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Colluding drug firms 'cost the NHS millions of pounds' | 2019-05-23 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: How to tax sugary drinks Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/05/23/how-to-tax-sugary-drinks | 2019-05-23 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Inequality driving 'deaths of despair' | 2019-05-14 |
Headline: BBC News - Swindon Honda closure 'a body blow', says Unite Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-48255590 | 2019-05-13 | |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: US states file lawsuit accusing drugs firms of inflating costs | 2019-05-11 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Labour pledges £10 minimum wage for under-18s | 2019-05-11 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Does GDP tell the whole economic story? | 2019-05-10 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The ups and downs of the North Sea’s professional divers Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/05/09/the-ups-and-downs-of-the-north-seas-professional-divers | 2019-05-09 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Why David Cameron set Tina Fey a secret mission to change British TV Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48021899 | 2019-05-04 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Failed Asda bid cost Sainsbury's £46m | 2019-05-01 |
| 1.5.2, 1.6.7 | Headline: Sainsbury's-Asda merger blocked by regulator | 2019-04-25 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Sainsbury's-Asda merger 'would have harmed competition'. | 2019-04-25 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: One in 10 child asthma cases 'linked to traffic pollution' | 2019-04-11 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US proposes tariffs on $11bn of EU products | 2019-04-09 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: It’s not up to you: Manhattan embraces road pricing Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/04/06/manhattan-embraces-road-pricing | 2019-04-06 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: UK productivity continues lost decade | 2019-04-05 |
| 1.6.2 | Headline: Coffee cup ban: Boston Tea Party's sales fall by £250k Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-47629820 | 2019-04-02 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage rates rise, but bills go up too | 2019-04-01 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Big university gender pay gap revealed | 2019-03-29 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: Why is chicken so cheap? | 2019-03-28 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Is China's fishing fleet taking all of West Africa's fish? - BBC News (Video) | 2019-03-26 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Regulatory capture may be responsible for Boeing's recent problems | 2019-03-23 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Smart speakers and baking into inflation basket | 2019-03-11 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: How Britain cut carbon emissions more than nearly any other country | 2019-03-07 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Chlorinated chicken: How safe is it? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47440562 Explanation: :An interesting example of a non-tariff barrier. Food standards between the UK and USA are very different- 'chlorinated chicken' (the process of washing raw chicken in a solution of chlorine and other disinfectants) is the best-known difference. The fact that this is common in the USA and banned in the UK represents a barrier to doing a deal between the countries. | 2019-03-05 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Chlorinated chicken: How safe is it? | 2019-03-05 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Is equal pay actually possible? | 2019-02-22 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Gender pay gap grows at hundreds of big firms | 2019-02-20 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: UK employment hits another record high | 2019-02-19 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent control: Does it work? | 2019-02-03 |
Headline: How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat | 2019-01-19 | |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Pharmacists warn of a 'surge' in shortage of common medicines | 2019-01-18 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The lifesaving food 90% aren’t eating enough of | 2019-01-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Does drinking fizz make you fat? | 2019-01-03 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Why are Britain’s trains so bad - could nationalisation fix them? | 2019-01-02 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Why Americans and Britons work such long hours | 2018-12-22 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Patreon, Kickstarter and the new patrons of the arts | 2018-12-18 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage rises 'hit profits, not jobs' | 2018-11-27 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: BBC News - Tube 'junk food' advert ban announced by London mayor | 2018-11-23 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Sugar tax on soft drinks raises £154m | 2018-11-20 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: TV alcohol adverts could face '9pm watershed' | 2018-11-20 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Cocoa processing is not a golden ticket for west Africa | 2018-11-17 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: 'Real living wage' rises to £9 an hour | 2018-11-05 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent control is a hot-button issue in California again | 2018-11-03 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: 'Fish are vanishing' - Senegal's devastated coastline Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46017359 Explanation: :A great example to illustrate points about fishing as a common good. Fishermen in Senegal are suffering because Chinese trawlers are taking so many of the fish in their waters. And neighbouring Mauritania is enforcing the property rights over its stocks through its coastguard defending its waters from Senegalese fishermen. | 2018-11-01 |
Headline: BBC News - Chocolate: Origins of delicacy pushed back in time http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46024189 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46024189 | 2018-10-30 | |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Who is George Soros? - BBC News | 2018-10-30 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: What wine has to do with our productivity problem | 2018-10-26 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: USMCA trade deal: Who gets what from 'new Nafta'? | 2018-10-01 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: China hits back at Trump with tariffs on $60bn of US goods | 2018-09-18 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US tech firms ask for protection from next Trump tariffs | 2018-09-07 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Britain’s unemployment is ultra-low, but its wages are ultra-measly | 2018-09-06 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: Why a bank boss was sent coffins full of car keys | 2018-09-02 |
| 2.1.8, 2.3.2 | Headline: Economics with Subtitles Series 1 Coffins Full of Car Keys (BBC Sounds) | 2018-08-29 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Food prices 'to rise 5%' because of extreme weather | 2018-08-27 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.2 | Headline: The right way to handle congestion Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/25/the-right-way-to-handle-congestion | 2018-08-25 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Bikes, cots and fridges: the imports hit by Trump's tariffs | 2018-08-22 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Heatwave causing farmers 'serious concern' | 2018-08-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: Heatwave threatens to cause shortage of peas | 2018-07-13 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The UK-US trade relationship in five charts | 2018-07-12 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: 'Productivity puzzle' weighs on UK growth | 2018-07-06 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: UK heatwave: Lettuce growers warn of imminent shortage | 2018-06-30 |
| 1.4.1 | Headline: Plastic coffee cup waste is being cut by a simple change Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-44575909 Explanation: :A great example of Prospect Theory in action. People don't respond to a discount for using a refillable cup, but they do respond to a non-refillable cup charge! | 2018-06-27 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: What are tariffs and how do they affect us? | 2018-06-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The economy has slowed to a standstill, largely because of Brexit | 2018-06-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Should we tax the rich more? | 2018-06-19 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: British employers find it surprisingly easy to flout labour law | 2018-06-14 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The Economist explains Why people are working longer Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/06/11/why-people-are-working-longer | 2018-06-11 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The stark relationship between income inequality and crime | 2018-06-07 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US tariffs: Steel and aluminium levies slapped on key allies | 2018-05-31 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: https://www.bbc.coWhy a US-China trade war could hurt Asia.uk/news/av/43953454 | 2018-05-01 |
Headline: One to One Soumaya Keynes meets Claudia Goldin | 2018-05-01 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Sainsbury's vows Asda deal will cut prices | 2018-04-30 |
| 1.6.7, 1.5.2 | Headline: Sainsbury's vows Asda deal will cut prices | 2018-04-30 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Can tariffs really save an industry? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43896268 Explanation: :A very interesting video on the production of pencils in the USA, and the tariffs on Chinese protection that enable them to continue as a business. | 2018-04-26 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US farmers fear Chinese tariffs will hit their exports Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-43822227 Explanation: :Great video clip about the effect of a trade war on US soybean producers and US heavy goods manufacturers in Chatanooga, Tennessee. | 2018-04-19 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Why America’s post office should be privatised Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/04/19/why-americas-post-office-should-be-privatised | 2018-04-19 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: 'My older colleagues are paid more than me' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43809943 Explanation: :This article focuses on how there are differences in minimum wage levels depending on age. | 2018-04-18 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Why did we sell off the railways? | FT Feature | 2018-04-09 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: How to narrow Britain’s gender-pay gap Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/04/07/how-to-narrow-britains-gender-pay-gap | 2018-04-07 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Why China is targeting US hogs and Harleys Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-43649830 Explanation: :Interesting political analysis on the effect of tariffs- and why certain industries get hit. | 2018-04-06 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: The Economist explains Why there is a worldwide shortage of vanilla | 2018-03-28 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank vote hints at interest rate rise in May | 2018-03-22 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Leggings in and pork pies out of latest inflation basket | 2018-03-12 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: Trump's steel tariffs: What harm could they do? | 2018-03-09 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US tariffs: What do we need to know? | 2018-03-09 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: US tariffs: What do we need to know? | 2018-03-09 |
| 2.3.3 | Headline: Anne Boden, the steelworker's daughter who started her own bank Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43217524 Explanation: :This is a great story of entrepreneurship in finance- but also some great explanations of why banks thought they were 'too big to fail' leading up to the financial crisis. | 2018-03-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: The looming global trade war- A tariffically bad idea Link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/03/08/the-looming-global-trade-war | 2018-03-08 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The hidden cost of congestion Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/02/28/the-hidden-cost-of-congestion | 2018-02-28 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Corruption is still rife around the world Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/02/22/corruption-is-still-rife-around-the-world | 2018-02-22 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Occupational licensing blunts competition and boosts inequality | 2018-02-17 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: America should get rid of oppressive job licensing Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/02/17/america-should-get-rid-of-oppressive-job-licensing | 2018-02-17 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Ultra-processed foods 'linked to cancer' | 2018-02-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: The Economist explains: The roots of hyperinflation Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/02/11/the-roots-of-hyperinflation | 2018-02-11 |
Headline: Trump worries about the trade deficit - should we? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-42983849 | 2018-02-09 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: How does Jimmy Carr feel about tax loopholes? - Room 101: Series 7 Episode 3 - BBC One | 2018-02-02 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: How money is made at the hit of a button | 2018-02-02 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Biscuits and chocolates take the 'shrinkflation' test | 2018-02-01 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: A northern English town offers a glimpse of life when migrants leave | 2018-02-01 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Venezuela’s currency plumbs unknown depths Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/01/25/venezuelas-currency-plumbs-unknown-depths | 2018-01-25 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Sugar tax: Drinks becoming pricier and in smaller bottles | 2018-01-23 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Where did Carillion go wrong? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/01/18/where-did-carillion-go-wrong | 2018-01-18 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: How to tame the tech titans Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/01/18/how-to-tame-the-tech-titans | 2018-01-18 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Why beige carbs are the ones to avoid - Dr Xand van Tulleken | 2018-01-06 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Why are women paid less than men? | 2017-12-14 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Subsidising coal production is a really bad idea Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/12/14/subsidising-coal-production-is-a-really-bad-idea | 2017-12-14 |
| 2.3.4, 2.2.4 | Headline: How inflation is hitting Britain's bakers | 2017-12-12 |
| 1.4.1, 1.3.1 | Headline: Thinking Allowed: The New Economy Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09h3v2q Explanation: :Start from 18:28 for an interview with Professor Peter Fleming, discussing his new book 'The Death of Homo Economicus'. In the interview he discusses the assumptions behind this model and how it is shaping the modern workforce. | 2017-12-06 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Salary calculator: Check if pay is rising for your job | 2017-11-23 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Tesco takeover of Booker gets go-ahead Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41966480 Explanation: :Great example of a vertical merger. | 2017-11-14 |
| 1.1.3, 2.1.2 | Headline: Britain | Giving Luddites a bad name What fax machines and floppy disks reveal about Britain’s productivity problem | 2017-11-09 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: The Phillips curve may be broken for good Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/01/the-phillips-curve-may-be-broken-for-good | 2017-11-01 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The future of online retailing is bright Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2017/10/26/the-future-of-online-retailing-is-bright | 2017-10-26 |
| 3.1.1, 2.3.5 | Headline: The right way to help declining places Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/10/21/the-right-way-to-help-declining-places Explanation: :This article explores the reasons for why globalisation has increased regional inequality in places like the USA, and the policies that can be done to help correct this. | 2017-10-21 |
| 1.7.1, 1.7.3 | Headline: Fly-tipping costs taxpayers £58m in clean-up costs | 2017-10-19 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: The gender pay gap Women still earn a lot less than men, despite decades of equal-pay laws. Why? Link: https://www.economist.com/international/2017/10/07/the-gender-pay-gap | 2017-10-07 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent controls: Who might gain, who might lose and how might it work? | 2017-09-30 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Who’s afraid of disruption? Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2017/09/30/whos-afraid-of-disruption | 2017-09-30 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: What if large tech firms were regulated like sewage companies? | 2017-09-23 |
| 2.2.3, 2.1.8 | Headline: The Economist explains How low can unemployment go? Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/09/22/how-low-can-unemployment-go | 2017-09-22 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: The Economist explains | The Economist explains economics How taxes can align the interests of individuals and society | 2017-09-21 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: How government policy exacerbates hurricanes like Harvey | 2017-09-20 |
| 2.1.2 | Headline: British business marches cheerfully into the unknown Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2017/09/09/british-business-marches-cheerfully-into-the-unknown | 2017-09-09 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Exchange-rate shifts have helped the global economy | 2017-09-07 |
| 2.1.8 | Headline: Schools brief | Economics brief The natural rate of unemployment Link: https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2017/08/26/the-natural-rate-of-unemployment | 2017-08-26 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Women alone are driving a recovery in workforce participation | 2017-08-19 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Schools brief | Externalities Pigouvian taxes Link: https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2017/08/19/pigouvian-taxes | 2017-08-19 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Should our railways be renationalised? - BBC Newsnight | 2017-08-17 |
| 3.3.3, 3.3.2 | Headline: Why Africa’s development model puzzles economists The structural transformation of its economies is not following precedents | 2017-08-17 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Jam every day: How and why road-pricing will happen Link: https://www.economist.com/international/2017/08/03/how-and-why-road-pricing-will-happen | 2017-08-03 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Working Paper: The Laffer curve for high incomes by Jacob Lundberg Link: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/197646/1/1007192151.pdf | 2017-08-01 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: If America is overrun by low-skilled migrants... ...then why are fruit and vegetables rotting in the fields waiting to be picked? Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/07/27/if-america-is-overrun-by-low-skilled-migrants | 2017-07-27 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: America’s uncompetitive markets harm its economy | 2017-07-27 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Analysis Minimum Wage: Too Much of a Good Thing? (BBC Sounds) | 2017-07-24 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Some good news and some bad, in the fight against HIV: A dispatch from the battle front | 2017-07-20 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: The German Current Account Surplus: Where Does It Come From, Is It Harmful and Should Germany Do Something about It? | 2017-07-14 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: Vorsprung durch Angst: The good and bad in Germany’s economic model are strongly linked | 2017-07-08 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: The German problem: Why Germany’s current-account surplus is bad for the world economy | 2017-07-08 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: The promise and pitfalls of privatising public assets | 2017-06-22 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: America’s segregated labour market Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/06/22/americas-segregated-labour-market | 2017-06-22 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Finance & economics | Wages through the ages What history says about inequality and technology | 2017-06-17 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: The perils of nationalisation More state ownership is not the right answer to economic ills Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2017/06/17/the-perils-of-nationalisation | 2017-06-17 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Free exchange | Immigration economics A new paper rekindles a tiresome debate on immigration and wages | 2017-06-12 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: How to cut smoking in poor countries Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/06/01/how-to-cut-smoking-in-poor-countries | 2017-06-01 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: The Economist explains: The link between video games and unemployment | 2017-05-30 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Britain | Ministers as managers Nationalisation’s high short-term price and higher long-term cost | 2017-05-18 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: How to prepare America’s retail workers for technological change | 2017-05-12 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data | 2017-05-06 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Higher minimum wages may make bad restaurants close | 2017-04-29 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Plain tobacco packaging 'may cut smokers by 300,000 in UK' | 2017-04-27 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The history of central banks: Contemporary criticisms of central banks echo debates from times past Link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2017/04/27/the-history-of-central-banks | 2017-04-27 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Leaders | Whack-a-passenger A lack of competition explains the flaws in American aviation | 2017-04-22 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: What is a current-account deficit? And should it be a cause for worry? Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/04/06/what-is-a-current-account-deficit | 2017-04-07 |
Headline: The perilous politics of parking Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/04/06/the-perilous-politics-of-parking | 2017-04-06 | |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Can you guess on which items we pay VAT? | 2017-04-06 |
| 1.6.7 | Headline: Ofcom fine: £42m record fine is 1% of BT's profit | 2017-03-27 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: Donald Trump, trade and the new world order Link: https://www.economist.com/buttonwoods-notebook/2017/03/22/donald-trump-trade-and-the-new-world-order | 2017-03-22 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The progressive case for immigration Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2017/03/18/the-progressive-case-for-immigration | 2017-03-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Children's scooters added to inflation basket | 2017-03-14 |
Headline: Camborne Pool Redruth: How technology is turning a deprived part of Cornwall into Silicon Valley Link: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/camborne-pool-redruth-how-technology-365471 | 2017-03-12 | |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: St Austell to A30 Link Road Outline Business Case Link: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/fdcn3c5x/st-austell-a30-link-outline-business-case.pdf | 2017-03-01 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: On Economic Arrogance Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/opinion/on-economic-arrogance.html | 2017-02-20 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Asia’s looming labour shortage Link: https://www.economist.com/asia/2017/02/11/asias-looming-labour-shortage | 2017-02-11 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: Germany’s current-account surplus is a problem: But not for the reasons Donald Trump thinks it is Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/02/11/germanys-current-account-surplus-is-a-problem | 2017-02-11 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Kicking out immigrants doesn’t raise wages Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/04/kicking-out-immigrants-doesnt-raise-wages | 2017-02-04 |
| 2.2.3, 2.1.8 | Headline: What full employment really means Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/01/29/what-full-employment-really-means | 2017-01-29 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: A report shows HIV in retreat in many African countries | 2016-12-01 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Does the Bank of England print money? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blX1XlMsvgE Explanation: :A cool mini introduction to Quantitative Easing. | 2016-11-25 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Childcare 'key to reducing inequality' | 2016-11-14 |
| 1.1.1, 1.4.1 | Headline: High Court rules second homes ban in St Ives will remain Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-37938885 | 2016-11-10 |
| 2.3.5 | Headline: The new reduced benefit cap: how it works and who it affects Link: https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/nov/03/reduced-benefit-cap-families-dwp | 2016-11-03 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Ask Andy: What is quantitative easing? | 2016-11-03 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The Economist explains: What is information asymmetry? Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2016/09/04/what-is-information-asymmetry | 2016-09-05 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: The Mundell-Fleming trilemma: Two out of three ain’t bad Link: https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2016/08/27/two-out-of-three-aint-bad | 2016-08-27 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Wage war Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2016/08/25/wage-war | 2016-08-25 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Regulated rail fares to rise by 1.9% | 2016-08-16 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: How Nigeria is fighting corruption Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2016/07/27/how-nigeria-is-fighting-corruption | 2016-07-27 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Wages of Mariel The effect of the boatlift is re-evaluated Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2016/07/21/wages-of-mariel | 2016-07-21 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Truck firms hit with record €3bn EU fine for price fixing | 2016-07-19 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: The rise and fall of African economies | 2016-06-23 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: HIV’s slow retrenchment: The battle against the human immunodeficiency virus continues Link: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2016/06/04/hivs-slow-retrenchment | 2016-06-04 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: Why GDP is a poor measure of progress Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2016/05/08/why-gdp-is-a-poor-measure-of-progress Explanation: :This is a very good explainer to consider why GDP growth might not be all that it's cracked up to be. Would you rather be a king in the olden days or a normal worker today? A good example of long-term growth. | 2016-05-09 |
| 1.3.1 | Headline: Do shorter hours or higher wages make better teachers? | 2016-04-26 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Is the EU really dictating the shape of your bananas? | 2016-04-11 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg | 2016-04-02 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Budget 2016: Children asked about Osborne's sugar tax | 2016-03-17 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Labour announces 'fiscal credibility rule' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35780703 Explanation: :3 | 2016-03-11 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Cornwall’s economy Winter sun Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2016/02/18/winter-sun | 2016-02-18 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: If Soda Commercials Were Honest - Honest Ads (Coca-cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper Parody) Link: https://youtu.be/pMXwFlp9IoI?si=trIjdhd9YjfzxheA Explanation: :A good example of non-price competition in oligopoly. Soft drinks companies are all selling the same thing- soda water. | 2016-02-01 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Is deflation such a bad thing? | 2016-01-29 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Car parts price-fixing fines for Hitachi and Mitusbishi Electric | 2016-01-27 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: Why GDP is so difficult to measure Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2016/01/27/why-gdp-is-so-difficult-to-measure | 2016-01-27 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Obesity: NHS to introduce 'sugar tax' in England | 2016-01-18 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: The force is strong in this firm: Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece Link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2015/12/19/the-force-is-strong-in-this-firm | 2015-12-19 |
Headline: Star Wars, Disney and myth-making: How one company came to master the business of storytelling Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/12/19/star-wars-disney-and-myth-making | 2015-12-19 | |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: What is the World Trade Organization? | 2015-12-16 |
Headline: Graphic detail | A graphical history of Disney films and the company Walt created: Disney’s world Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2015/12/16/disneys-world | 2015-12-16 | |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: What is inflation? Economics explained | 2015-12-15 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Finance: The History of Money (combined) | 2015-12-01 |
| 1.2.2 | Headline: The OPEC of maple syrup A sticky situation Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2015/11/05/a-sticky-situation | 2015-11-05 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The mysterious world of zero-rates of VAT | 2015-10-28 |
| 2.2.5 | Headline: The other deficit: How worrying is Britain’s large current-account deficit? Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2015/10/15/the-other-deficit | 2015-10-15 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: DR Congo: Cursed by its natural wealth | 2015-10-09 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Carbon trading: How does it work? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34356604 | 2015-09-25 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Do rent controls work? Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2015/08/30/do-rent-controls-work | 2015-08-31 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Has the international community failed Haiti? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33802203 | 2015-08-07 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Bank votes 8-1 to keep UK rates at record low | 2015-08-06 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Why are Britain's workers less productive than others? | 2015-07-01 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Special report: Corruption: The only thing that works Link: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2015/06/18/the-only-thing-that-works Explanation: :This article is a brilliant resource to see the types of corruption that takes place in Nigeria. | 2015-06-18 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: The second revolution Having transformed the music business once, Apple is trying to do so again Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2015/06/13/the-second-revolution | 2015-06-13 |
| 1.1.3, 2.1.2 | Headline: The productivity puzzle: Under the bonnet Link: https://www.economist.com/britain/2015/05/30/under-the-bonnet | 2015-05-30 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Deflation: What it means in practice | 2015-05-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Don't be scared of deflation, yet | 2015-05-18 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Japanese inflation grinds to a halt Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/32081779 Explanation: :A cool video describing the reasons for ‘good’ deflation in Japan in 2015. | 2015-03-27 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: E-cigarettes and craft beers in updated inflation basket | 2015-03-17 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: Budget 2015: Getting UK productivity back on track | 2015-03-13 |
| 1.1.3 | Headline: The UK's productivity puzzle | 2015-02-24 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: The Economist explains Why nationalisation has fallen out of favour in Britain | 2015-02-21 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Deflation: Feeling down Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/02/19/feeling-down | 2015-02-19 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Binge-drinking continues to fall in young adults | 2015-02-13 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Economics explainer: What is Quantitative Easing? | 2015-02-12 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax evasion v tax avoidance - in 90 seconds | 2015-02-09 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Quantitative Easing explained - in 70 seconds | 2015-01-22 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Significant jobs gap between North and South of UK | 2015-01-19 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Could 'good' low inflation become 'bad' deflation? | 2015-01-13 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: The world's biggest ship - for 53 days | 2015-01-08 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Eurozone economy slips into deflation | 2015-01-07 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: The Economist explains: Why deflation is bad Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2015/01/07/why-deflation-is-bad | 2015-01-07 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Lithuania joins Baltic neighbours in euro club | 2015-01-01 |
| 3.2.1, 2.3.4 | Headline: The Economist explains Why Lithuania is about to adopt the euro Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/12/16/why-lithuania-is-about-to-adopt-the-euro | 2014-12-16 |
| 3.3.1 | Headline: Measuring economic development: How rich we really are Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2014/12/11/how-rich-we-really-are | 2014-12-11 |
| 3.2.1, 2.3.4 | Headline: Strange bedfellows The euro zone’s newest member faces an uphill struggle Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2014/12/04/strange-bedfellows | 2014-12-04 |
| 1.6.5, 1.6.7 | Headline: Trustbusting in the internet age: Should digital monopolies be broken up? Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2014/11/27/should-digital-monopolies-be-broken-up | 2014-11-27 |
Headline: How McDonald's conquered India | 2014-11-19 | |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Mergers and acquisitions: The new rules of attraction Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2014/11/14/the-new-rules-of-attraction | 2014-11-14 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: What Dutch disease is, and why it's bad Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/11/05/what-dutch-disease-is-and-why-its-bad | 2014-11-05 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Briefing | The dangers of deflation: The pendulum swings to the pit Link: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2014/10/23/the-pendulum-swings-to-the-pit | 2014-10-23 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Early retirement: Ending quantitative easing may be penny-wise, pound-foolish Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2014/10/29/early-retirement | 2014-10-19 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: The three types of unemployment Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/08/18/the-three-types-of-unemployment Explanation: :Great explainer on the three types of unemployment: frictional, cyclical, and structural. | 2014-08-18 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Newsnight: Tax Avoidance | 2014-07-17 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn | 2014-05-29 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: How countries calculate their GDP Link: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2014/03/26/how-countries-calculate-their-gdp | 2014-05-26 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Euro Moments: UK joins Exchange Rate Mechanism | 2014-05-19 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Rail franchises: Nationalisation v privatisation calls | 2014-04-22 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The Economist explains: How Nigeria’s economy grew by 89% overnight | 2014-04-08 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: Pricing the surge The microeconomics of Uber’s attempt to revolutionise taxi markets Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2014/03/29/pricing-the-surge | 2014-03-29 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Who has benefited from record low interest rates? | 2014-03-05 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage 'could' rise to £7 per hour | 2014-02-21 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Finance & economics | Unemployment in America: Closing the gap Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2014/02/13/closing-the-gap | 2014-02-13 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Labour's 50p tax rate: what you need to know Link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jan/26/labour-50p-tax-rate-what-you-need-to-know | 2014-01-26 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Labour would bring back 50p tax rate | 2014-01-25 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Business | Big carmakers Kings of the road Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2014/01/11/kings-of-the-road | 2014-01-11 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: A Marxist theory is (sort of) right Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2013/09/03/a-marxist-theory-is-sort-of-right | 2013-12-03 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Economic history: Germany's hyperinflation-phobia Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2013/11/15/germanys-hyperinflation-phobia | 2013-11-15 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: The perils of falling inflation Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2013/11/07/the-perils-of-falling-inflation | 2013-11-07 |
| 1.6.1 | Headline: One of the giants Ronald Coase, the economist who explained why firms exist, died on September Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2013/09/06/one-of-the-giants Explanation: :Obituary for Ronald Coase- the Economist who developed the Theory of the Firm | 2013-09-06 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Body of research: The impact of downturns on physical and mental health Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2013/08/24/body-of-research Explanation: :A cool article that digs deep on the physical and mental costs to individuals of recessions (and hence unemployment). | 2013-08-24 |
| 1.2.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: The quiet death of the alcopop | 2013-07-31 |
| 3.3.1, 1.7.1 | Headline: Shocks and ores: Short-term gyrations in commodity prices may do more damage than long-run trends Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2013/06/08/shocks-and-ores | 2013-06-08 |
| 3.1.1 | Headline: India’s economy The capitalist manifesto How to get India moving again Link: https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2013/04/20/the-capitalist-manifesto | 2013-04-20 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Viewpoints: How did Margaret Thatcher change Britain? | 2013-04-10 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Locals boost Cockermouth flood defence fund Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cumbria-21865085 | 2013-03-20 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Billion Dollar Day 1985 | 2013-03-20 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Jamaica agrees $750m IMF loan terms | 2013-02-15 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: Have train fares gone up or down since British Rail? | 2013-01-22 |
| 2.1.1 | Headline: BBC 'boosts UK economy by £8bn' Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21041587 | 2013-01-16 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: The great innovation debate Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2013/01/12/the-great-innovation-debate | 2013-01-12 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Retail Price Index: RPI and inflation explained | 2013-01-10 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: The Jedburgh firm which makes 100 million clothes hangers a year | 2012-12-28 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: CEO defends Starbucks in UK tax outcry | 2012-12-06 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: TV makers in record 1.47bn-euro fine for price-fixing | 2012-12-05 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: The argument in the floor Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2012/11/24/the-argument-in-the-floor | 2012-11-24 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields 'plundered' | 2012-11-13 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Land of the corporate giants Economies of scale run out at a certain point. The largest firms in America may be beyond it Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2012/11/03/land-of-the-corporate-giants | 2012-11-03 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Starbucks 'paid just £8.6m UK tax in 14 years' | 2012-10-16 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: The Economist Explains: What is quantitative easing? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TihoBfdCe8 Explanation: :A cool video from the early days of QE, explaining the basic function. | 2012-09-28 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Why are we obsessed by growth? Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18967294 Explanation: :Interesting two-sided argument looking at whether GDP growth is a good or bad thing. | 2012-07-25 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: ONS well-being report reveals UK's happiness ratings | 2012-07-24 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Obituary: Elinor Ostrom Link: https://www.economist.com/obituary/2012/06/30/elinor-ostrom | 2012-06-30 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Comedian Jimmy Carr: I've made terrible error over tax | 2012-06-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Cameron ducks Gary Barlow tax avoidance question | 2012-06-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jimmy Carr and the morality of tax avoidance | 2012-06-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Jimmy Carr tax affairs 'morally wrong' - Cameron | 2012-06-20 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The top tricks British celebrities use to pay less tax | 2012-06-20 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Tax avoidance scheme used by Jimmy Carr investigated by HMRC | 2012-06-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: How Jimmy Carr avoids tax | 2012-06-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: The tax return evidence that 'shocked' George Osborne | 2012-06-14 |
| 2.2.2 | Headline: Rio heads for economics with meaning Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18380580 Explanation: :This is an old article, but it has some classic examples of how to critique GDP growth. | 2012-06-13 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Government does U-turn over 'Cornish pasty tax' | 2012-05-28 |
| 1.6.5 | Headline: His-counts and her-charges: When is price discrimination just discrimination? Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2012/05/24/his-counts-and-her-charges | 2012-05-24 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Free exchange | Structural unemployment Jobs for the long run Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2012/05/21/jobs-for-the-long-run | 2012-05-21 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: George Osborne's new plans to tackle tax avoidance | 2012-03-28 |
| 1.2.1 | Headline: BBC News - Scotland's daffodils wither in fields | 2012-03-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Budget 2012: Farewell, 50p tax rate | 2012-03-22 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Taxation: Bend it like Laffer Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2012/03/08/bend-it-like-laffer | 2012-03-08 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Bus market not competitive, Competition Commission says | 2011-12-20 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Joseph Kabila: DR Congo's president in profile | 2011-12-09 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Barriers to entry in the legal profession: Not enough lawyers? Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2011/09/03/not-enough-lawyers | 2011-09-03 |
| 2.1.7 | Headline: Keynes v Hayek: Two economic giants go head to head | 2011-08-03 |
| 2.1.7 | Headline: BBC News - Keynes Vs. Hayek - BBC Sounds Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b012wxyg Explanation: :This is a great lecture that took place in 2011- some big names in Economics debating Keynes vs Hayek. | 2011-08-03 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Angola's wealth: Mine, all mine Link: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2011/02/10/mine-all-mine | 2011-02-10 |
| 2.1.7 | Headline: Radical Economics: Yo Hayek! Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00y2bwz Explanation: :This is a great explanation of the Keynes-Hayek perspective- brilliant for the follow-up from the rap battle. | 2011-01-31 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Is the VAT increase regressive? | 2011-01-04 |
| 1.3.2 | Headline: Minimum wage 'most successful government policy' | 2010-12-03 |
| 1.7.3 | Headline: Npower criticised over low energy light bulb handout | 2010-11-02 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Business basics: Why do interest rates matter? | 2010-09-09 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: How to fix unemployment Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2010/08/31/how-to-fix-unemployment | 2010-08-31 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Joblessness in America: A stickier problem Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2010/08/26/a-stickier-problem | 2010-08-26 |
| 2.2.3 | Headline: Bad circulation: There is more to America’s stubbornly high unemployment rate than just weak demand Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2010/08/26/bad-circulation | 2010-08-26 |
| 2.2.6 | Headline: Reinhart and Rogoff under attack Link: https://www.economist.com/buttonwoods-notebook/2010/07/28/reinhart-and-rogoff-under-attack | 2010-07-28 |
| 2.2.6 | Headline: Free exchange | Debt: The low-growth threshold Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2010/07/28/the-low-growth-threshold | 2010-07-28 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Free exchange | Taxing carbon: Some more thoughts on a carbon tax Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2010/06/18/some-more-thoughts-on-a-carbon-tax | 2010-06-18 |
| 1.2.4 | Headline: The price elasticity of charitable giving: does the form of tax relief matter? Link: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/price-elasticity-charitable-giving-does-form-tax-relief-matter | 2010-05-11 |
| 2.3.2 | Headline: Quantitative easing - how it works (from Bank of England) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wRq6C2fgo Explanation: :This is the original and best- the Bank of England's explanation for how Quantitative Easing works and the transmission mechanism through the economy. | 2010-02-01 |
| 2.1.7 | Headline: Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk Explanation: :The famous Keynes-Hayek rap battle. | 2010-01-24 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Italy investigates pasta makers over 'price-fixing' | 2009-12-16 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: Universal health insurance is a common good | 2009-10-08 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Corruption in Nigeria The Plundering of a Nation | 2009-07-20 |
| 1.5.1 | Headline: Barriers to entry, exit and mobility Link: https://www.economist.com/news/2009/07/13/barriers-to-entry-exit-and-mobility | 2009-07-13 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: No Laffing matter: The backlash to expensive financial rescues begins Link: https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2008/10/27/no-laffing-matter | 2008-10-27 |
| 1.6.8 | Headline: The lessons of nationalisation | 2008-02-18 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Supermarkets admit milk price fix | 2007-12-07 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Q&A: Dairy price-fixing probe | 2007-12-07 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Supermarkets 'fixed dairy prices' | 2007-09-20 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Import substitution: do not resuscitate That bad reputation was well deserved Link: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2007/08/07/import-substitution-do-not-resuscitate | 2007-08-07 |
| 3.3.3 | Headline: Does import substitution deserve its unsavory reputation? Link: https://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2007/08/does-import-sub.html | 2007-08-02 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The tragedy of the commons Link: https://www.economist.com/international/2007/05/07/the-tragedy-of-the-commons | 2007-05-07 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: The European Union (EU) has imposed a record fine of 992m euros ($1.3bn; £666.8m) on four lift and escalator manufacturers for price-fixing. | 2007-02-21 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: EU orders fine for rubber cartel | 2006-11-29 |
| 1.6.6 | Headline: Top 50 independent schools found guilty of price-fixing to push up fees Link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/nov/10/consumernews.publicschools | 2005-11-10 |
| 1.6.6, 1.6.7 | Headline: Private schools fee-fixing ruling | 2005-11-09 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Cocktail-bar calculations Are George Bush's tax cuts paying for themselves? Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2005/08/18/cocktail-bar-calculations | 2005-08-18 |
| 1.4.1, 1.6.2 | Headline: Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football | 2005-07-01 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The tragedy of the commons, contd Link: https://www.economist.com/unknown/2005/05/04/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-contd | 2005-05-04 |
| 2.2.4 | Headline: Dial D for deflation Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2002/09/12/dial-d-for-deflation | 2002-09-12 |
| 3.2.1 | Headline: Up for adoption Some EU candidates favour an early move to the euro Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2002/05/30/up-for-adoption | 2002-05-30 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: How mergers go wrong Link: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2000/07/20/how-mergers-go-wrong | 2000-07-20 |
| 2.3.4 | Headline: Finance & economics Man of the hour Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/1999/10/14/man-of-the-hour | 1999-10-14 |
| 1.7.2 | Headline: Rent control: The morning after Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/1998/04/30/the-morning-after | 1998-04-30 |
| 3.3.2 | Headline: Debt and development: time to act, again Link: https://www.economist.com/business/1998/02/19/debt-and-development-time-to-act-again | 1998-02-19 |
| 2.3.1 | Headline: Soaking the rich: How much do high-income people respond to tax changes? Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/1998/01/22/soaking-the-rich | 1998-01-22 |
| 1.5.2 | Headline: The trouble with mergers Link: https://www.economist.com/news/2014/11/17/the-trouble-with-mergers | 1994-09-10 |
| 1.7.1 | Headline: The Lighthouse in Economics: R. H. Coase | 1974-10-01 |
Headline: US petrol supplies tighten after Colonial Pipeline hack | 0000-00-00 |