An economic evaluation of the Labour Manifesto. Most significant elements of Jeremey Corbyn’s Labour Party manifesto include Higher income tax on top 10% of earners Rail re-nationalisation Freezing pension retirement age. Abolition of tuition fees Promise of 30 hours’ free childcare, 10,000 more police officers Brexit – may or may not stay in Single Market. …
Readers Question: Should the government provide more welfare support programs such as child tax benefit and unemployment insurance in order to decrease economic inequality? This is a classic dilemma that governments face. To simplify the argument. Higher welfare benefits help to reduce inequality and reduce relative poverty. Higher benefits will give those on low income a better …
Economics is concerned with the optimal distribution of scarce resources within society. For example, economics is concerned with how individual decisions like how firms produce goods and which goods people buy. An important element in economics is concerned with the extent to which governments can intervene in the economy to improve economic welfare. Economics is …
Stand-up economist at Caroline'sWatch this video on YouTube Economics is not renowned for being a bundle of laughs. However , there are quite a lot of good Economics Jokes. I particularly like the top 8 reasons to study Economics Economics Jokes Q: Why did God create economists? A: In order to make weather forecasters look good. …
Increasing the rates of economic growth has long been the holy grail of conventional economics and politics. To a large extent, most developed economies have been highly successful in increasing economic output. But, has such an impressive increase in national output actually improved people’s standard of living? To decide whether economic growth has increased happiness …
Readers question: Hello Tejvan! I wonder if you can explain if crimes have a net beneficial impact on the economy? Thank you! A nice change from Brexit problems. Does crime increase economic welfare? Let us suppose Tejvan buys a nice bicycle for £1,000 to commute into work. But, whilst locked up outside the office it …
October 2015 will see England introduce a charge of 5p for plastic bags. Early evidence from Scotland suggests that a tax on plastic bags can lead to a significant fall in demand. Supermarkets in Scotland reported an 80% fall in use of plastic bags a month after the charge was introduced. (Times). A study in …
Readers Question: why does economic growth not get noticed by the man on the street? Recently, the ONS released a report saying that real wages were 62% higher than in 1986. This is the result of sustained economic growth. (Real wages take into account inflation.) In April 2011 the average full-time employee in the UK …