Economics Blog » blog http://www.economicshelp.org/blog Economics Blog - current events and economics essays Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Server for Economics Blog http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/blog/new-server-for-economics-blog/ http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/blog/new-server-for-economics-blog/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:17:00 +0000 tejvan http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/?p=442 Yesterday, I had some problems with my server. So I moved to a new host – Host i Can

We also took the opportunity to upgrade this particular blog to Wordpress 2.5

The other Economics blog uses blogger software.

A few comments may have got lost yesterday. You are always welcome to resubmit.

(Note there are some questions that  I don’t like to answer like calculations for Monopoly pricing and output.)

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A fascinating piece of economic history is the hyperinflation of Germany in 1923. I first encountered the hyperinflation whilst studying GCSE history. There are many examples of how inflation can ruin an economy. Stories like people taking a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread. They left the wheel barrow unattended and when they returned the money was still there but, the wheel barrow taken. This essay looks at some of the causes and costs of hyperinflation.

Interestingly the German government of the fledgling Weimar republic were more concerned about unemployment than inflation.

Recommended Book 

  • Economic Naturalist – Why Economics explains almost everything – is a good read about the application of Economics to everyday life
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McDonalds is one of the first firms to offer nationally recognised qualifications BBC News link

Workers will be able to do their exams in the restaurants…

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