Monday, 8 June 2009

paul krugman @ lse

over the next 3 evenings at 6.30 Paul Krugman will be discussing "The Return of Dperession Economics" watch live or later at the following link:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/live/LSELive.htm#Forthcoming_live_webcasts

exchange rates: sterling euro

read over these entries on the Pound Euro exchange rate.

martin wolf financial times

tutor2u blog - economic benefits of a slide in sterling

the euro revision note

european union revision presentation (pdf)

Friday, 5 June 2009

development economics

Rapid Revision Blog has an entry on key issues to do with development. It may be worth your while to look over it. Trade and macro stability are seen as pre-requisites to sustainable growth thus there is scope to included the discussion in a unit 6 answer:

development economics issues

Monday, 1 June 2009

uk economy latest overview

presentation uk economy may 2009

revision focus entries - tutor2u

Unit 5
Business economics
Revision: Short run production and costs
Revision: The Shut Down Point
Revision: Moving away from profit maximisation
Revision: Growth of Businesses
Revision: Economies of Scale and Scope
Revision: Natural Monopolies

Revision: Ownership and Control
Revision: Stakeholders

Revision: Business Pricing Strategies
Revision: Console wars
Revision: OPEC

Labour Markets and Inequality:
Revision: Labour Market Failure
Revision: Trade Unions

Revision: Income Inequality
Revision: The Tax Burden
Revision: Progressive and regressive taxes

Unit 6
macro basics;
Revision: Revising AS Macro for 2008

Revision: Inflation Targets and Measurement
Revision: Cost push & demand pull inflation
Revision Mind Map: Monetary Policy
Revision: The Economics of Interest Rates

Revision: Supply-side of the UK Economy
Revision: Expectations in Economics
Revision: Household Saving

Revision: Recessions
Revision Mind Map: External Economic Shocks

International issues:
Revision Focus: Export Performance
Revision: Capital investment in the UK
Revision: Bonds


Revision: China and the UK Economy
Revision: Climate Change Policies
Revision: Commodity Prices and Economic Effects
Revision: Innovation

Revision: Stocks and Prices


Revision: Improving Evaluation Skills

revision tip 3

tutor2u revision notes:

A new revision presentation on price discrimination http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-price-discrimination-presentation/

Stagflation
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-stagflation/

A look at the latest data on the output gap:
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-linking-output-gap-to-other-macro-issues/

Monopsony Power in Markets
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-monopsony-power-in-markets/

Some new data on UK income distribution
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/life-in-the-middle-income-distribution-in-the-uk/

Monopolistic Competition
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-monopolistic-competition/

Labour market failure
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-labour-market-failure-presentation/

Automatic stabilisers
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/revision-automatic-stabilisers/

Spare capacity in manufacturing
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/spare-capacity-in-manufacturing/

World news: Globalisation | guardian.co.uk

FT.com - World Economy 2012

BBC News - Eurozone crisis

Business: Eurozone crisis | guardian.co.uk

Euro in crisis -Financial Times

Currency Wars

UK Budget 2013: In depth news, commentary and analysis from the Financial Times

BBC News | Business | UK Edition

BBC News - UK economy

Business: Economics | guardian.co.uk

FT.com - UK Economy news

Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

FT.com - International economy

IMF Survey Magazine

IMF Survey Podcasts

Wash Post U.S. Economy