world trade and the credit crunch

comparing the credit crunch and the great depression

eu - competition policy

eu fines may cause problems (FT)

ft eu business regulation homepage

protectionism

short guide (the telegraph)

cuba embargo (bbc 3/10)

heathrow third runway

guardian special investigation

climate change copenhagen

bbc copenhagen homepage

ft special report






bbc climate change graphs

arguments about climate change

climate change issues bbc

ofwat water regulation

price cut nov 2009

water profits nov 2009

price cap june 2009

ofwat

final ruling on price

poverty - median income

relative poverty graphic

discussion (rapid revision)

ifs income distribution graphic

financial regulation fsa

fsa lord turner

tobin taxes and exchange rates

drug companies healthcare and profits

Natural Food Fight: Whole Foods and Health Care

John Mackey's Conscious Capitalism: The Whole Foods CEO on health care, veganism, and free markets

No American Should Have to Choose Between Health Insurance and Getting Drunk

What if Government Ran Health Care? (Sprint Ad Remix)

Obama to Citizens on Health Care: Send In All Fishy Emails

Would ObamaCare Cover Sticker-Shock Treatment?

How to Fix America's Health Insurance Crisis: GET SOME

monopoly and efficiency

net based monopolists (the guardian 23/11/09)

car industry news

decline in car output slows (bbc 2o nov)

car scrappage economist

russian car industry in structural decline

state support for lada

greenspan on economics

greenspan on economics

the euro - italy and spain

bbc on launch of euro (1999)

map growth of eurozone

where is the coin from?

eu euro homepage

monetary policy issues:

ecb homepage

price stability cartoon

price stablility report

inflation dashboard

eurozone report 2009

tobacco price fixing 2008

The six companies agreed to pay £132m to settle the charges with Gallaher, one of two tobacco manufacturers involved in the case, shouldering the lion’s share of the burden after agreeing to pay £93m.
The Times reports that “The six companies fined made prompt admissions of illicit competition practices in return for lenient fines.” - another example of game theory and the prisoners dilemma in action!
Coverage here

BBC news: Six firms fined in tobacco probe

The Telegraph: OFT’s hefty fines for tobacco price fixing

The Times: Supermarkets and tobacco firm are fined £173m for price fixing

Office of Fair Trading press release

game theory

Cartels OPEC

Interactive chart

Opec home

saunders solicitors

legal aspects of competition policy

death to the deficit

bbc discussion

podcast

eu background

eu background

tour of the eu

50 years of the eu 1957-2007 (the economist)

airline industry

open skies agreement (reuters)

baa airports break up (reuters)

iberia ba merger (bbc)

iberia ba merger (bbc)

1200 job cuts at ba

global capital flows

capital flows presentation (imf)

von mises - the austrian school

predicted the depression (Wall Street Journal)

von mises institute

thames estuary airport

website

report

regulators and regulatory capture

regulation is killing responibility (the guardian nov 2009)

regulators face enquiry over profits (the telegraph mar 2008)

too close to the firms they must police

regulators and their chiefs

Financial Industry:
FSA (The Guardian)

financial services authority

regulation (t2u google wave)

mpc + quantitive easing explained

rates stay at 0.5% qe increased to £200bn

bbc discussion of qe

independent discusses qe

letter governor
letter cofex

charles bean q&a on qe

king discusses qe

qe explained (pdf)

employment and unemployment presentation

employment and unemployment (tutor2u)

trade issues oxfam

trade issues identified by oxfam for LDCs

world view recession and recovery

interactive map (guardian)

regulatory capture

us situation (wsj)

energy uk (telegraph)

cost of the crisis

govt deficits and fiscal stimulus (bbc)

keynes

keynes and present policy (audio)

keynes today (bbc)

advertising + behavioural economics

elements of price discrimination

Collusion - Price Fixing

EU Competition Page

British Airways and Virgin Fuel Surcharge 2007:

£270m fine announced (bbc)

Q&A BA Price Fixing Investigation (BBC)

Willie Walsh Reaction (BBC video)

Supermarkets and Dairy Products 2007:

background (guardian)

brewing

background (bbc)