Monday, December 26, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
An Entrepreneur’s Rival in China: The State - Stolen Technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/business/an-entrepeneurs-rival-in-china-the-state.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&smid=fb-share
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Video: The Party's Over - How the West Went Bust
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017znzt/The_Partys_Over_How_the_West_Went_Bust_Episode_1/
The Party's Over - How the West Went Bust
The Party's Over - How the West Went Bust
Problem with the Cost Benefit Analysis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16036435
Predicting the Costs of the Olympics
Predicting the Costs of the Olympics
Euro 2021
Quite entertaining as well.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203699404577044172754446162.html?fb_ref=wsj_share_FB_bot&fb_source=profile_multiline
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203699404577044172754446162.html?fb_ref=wsj_share_FB_bot&fb_source=profile_multiline
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Banking 'can be an ethical career choice' IF philantrophy will be upheld
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15820786
Monday, November 21, 2011
Housing: David Cameron vows to 'get Britain building'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15810966
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Consequences of a Greek Default
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a35504a-0615-11e1-a079-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1dchhjZNy
Thanks to Francesca for recommending this article. If any of you have any articles you would like to share, please send it me!
With a new Prime Minister.... will Italy get out of its economic troubles?
Not yet according to the latest bond yields...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15717596
Also a very good jargon buster provided by BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15717596
Also a very good jargon buster provided by BBC News
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
How Banks Got Too Big to Fail
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/bank-merger-history
Also a good example of mergers and acquisitions.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Our Economics Students Run the British Economy Best!!!!
Taken from CEG's ezine and http://www.catscollege.com/en/cambridge/static/news/?newsitem=347
Four CATS College Cambridge Economics students have emerged as the winners of an Economics competition held at Cambridge University's Faculty of Economics last week, in which they had to control a simulation of the UK economy.
The A level students, Anisa Lulo, Gresilda Xhaferi, Florinda Egra, and Francesca Le, defeated five other schools from Cambridge including Hills Road, The Leys, The Perse, MPW and St. Ivo School in a computer-simulated game conducted by Professor Tony Cockerill, Fellow at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, to run the British economy.
"The key to their success was not only their strong grounding in the principles of economics, but also that they were willing to admit the mistake they made. The result was that our students achieved 300 points more than the nearest challenger!” said Economics tutor Ian Tay.
"All of us participating felt proud to take first place for our school. Obviously, winning was a great feeling, especially because we were competing against some strong competition. It took a lot of effort, but it was fun and I enjoyed it,” said Florinda.
"The experience was delightful, as it encouraged both team work and individual thinking. I have to say 100% of our success is because of our economics lessons and our tutor. The theory we learnt in school helped us make important decisions that obviously led us towards winning the game," commented Anisa.
Congratulations to Anisa, Gresilda, Francesca, and Florinda!!!!!!!
"Winning an economics competition held at Cambridge University was great for me. What I enjoyed the most was the competitive environment and the feeling of accomplishment when applying my knowledge of macroeconomics. This is exactly the kind of experience that thrills those who are fond of the subject and want to study it at a higher level" said Gresilda.
The students were asked to control variables such as Income Tax, VAT, Government Spending, and Money Supply in order to influence the economy and to gain the most welfare points for the society. The welfare function in this simulation was:
WELFARE = 3 X [Consumption 0.6 x (Investment + Exports + Imports)0.2 x G 0.2] – Unemployment2 – Inflation2 – 5 X Budget
(These students were selected based on their Summer 2011 AS Unit 2 Economics Exam results - they were the top scorers in this exam)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Can the “invisible hand” solve Africa’s poverty?
An interesting (and short) read for who just learnt about the invisible hand and who are interested in development economics.
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/can-the-invisible-hand-solve-africas-poverty?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economics_news+%28tutor2u+Economics+Blog%29#When:21:51:10Z
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/can-the-invisible-hand-solve-africas-poverty?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economics_news+%28tutor2u+Economics+Blog%29#When:21:51:10Z
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
BBC NEWS: Italian government in bond buying talks with China
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14892553
Especially relevant to: Cambridge Pre-U Investigation Paper and A2 Unit 4
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Welcome!
To the new Economics students, welcome to CATS and to the returning students, welcome back! To all of you... Welcome to the CATS Economics Blog. The Economics department has created this blog to enable students to have easy access to important news and updates (both administration and current affaris) and to link students with a vast amount of resources which is available online and on the internal server to help with you Economic studies here in CATS.
Am looking forward to a productive and successful year with all you! Do check out the list of websites and the video/music links and keep checking this site at least on a weekly basis!
An interesting graphic to start the year off: http://www.staveleyhead.co.uk/utilities/cheapest-petrol/
See you around!
Am looking forward to a productive and successful year with all you! Do check out the list of websites and the video/music links and keep checking this site at least on a weekly basis!
An interesting graphic to start the year off: http://www.staveleyhead.co.uk/utilities/cheapest-petrol/
See you around!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
BBC NEWS: European Markets Volatile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14441453
Also pay attention to how the price of gold & the value of Swiss France is going up (Unit 1 - Complementary Goods)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
BBC Radio: Keynes vs Hayek
Might be a good listen on how to solve the current crisis from two differing views: Keynes and Hayek - a really good complement to the videos we've watched last year.
Monday, August 1, 2011
CNN Video: U.S sells Chopsticks to China
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2011/08/01/vause.import.irony.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2
Think about the dynamism of comparative advantage.....
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Video: Tourism and the Truth
Only available in the UK and for a limited time:
Good for evaluation of tourism as a means of development (Unit 4)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Guardian: Global Development News
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development
A good resource on international development (key component of Unit 4) and the Millennium Development Goal.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
In Graphics: Rising Asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13746908
Look at the measures of Development that are used in this article
Look at the measures of Development that are used in this article
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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