The claimant count records the number of people receiving unemployment benefits from the government. In the UK, the claimant count currently measures everyone who receives Job Seekers Allowance (JSA). To receive JSA, the applicant must be actively seeking work and provide evidence and commitment of efforts to find work. The claimant count method is one …
A look at factors that explain wage inequality – including classical economic theory and labour market imperfections. Readers Question: Idealized free market theory argues that it is automatic for each worker to receive just what he or she is worth; otherwise, an “underpaid” worker could just look elsewhere to bid a higher salary. Could established …
Readers Question: Please is there any solution to national/public debt? National (public sector) debt is the outstanding level of debt owed by the government to the private sector. It is the accumulation of annual budget deficits. Do we need a solution? Firstly, it is worth evaluating whether we need an actual ‘solution.’ National debt has …
Supply is price inelastic if a change in price causes a smaller percentage change in supply. (PES of less than one) Example of inelastic supply – Price of rents falls by 20%; Q.Supply declines by 1%. PES = 0.05 Diagram of inelastic supply In this case, an increase in price from £30 to £40 has …
The manufacturing sector takes raw materials and converts them into finished products. The manufacturing sector is concerned with using raw materials from the primary sectors, such as iron and coke and the production of finished goods, such as cars. These manufactured goods can then be sold in the tertiary sector. The manufacturing sector is to …
Due to lack of space in the book, we have published full bibliography on this website. Bibliography Chapter 1 Is it OK to be selfish? Frank, R H (1988) Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions, p. xi. New York: W W Norton & Co. Galbraith, J K (1982) “Recession economics”, The New …
The real interest rate is the nominal interest rate – inflation rate. For example, if the Bank of England set base rates of 5.5% and the CPI inflation rate is 3.4%. Then the real interest rates is said to be 2.1% A higher real interest rate is good for savers and bad for borrowers. Note, …
The 1980s was a period of economic volatility. There was a deep recession in 1981 as the government tried to control inflation. The recession particularly hit manufacturing causing unemployment to rise to over 3 million. Unemployment did not fall until the mid and late 1980s when the economy boomed during the “Yuppie-years” of rising wages, …