Economics Articles Blog

Last week, leaders from around the world gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF). The World Economic […]

As economics students, we’re often taught about the dangers of cost-push inflation and how it can trigger something known as

  This article highlights a common paradox economists face when analysing public policy. On the surface, applying inheritance tax to

This article clearly highlights a case of market failure in the UK housing market. Housing is a basic necessity, and

  This article is a clear real-world example of cost-push inflation, where rising production costs force firms to increase prices.

When we study unemployment in class, it’s easy to think of it as a straightforward result of a weak economy

When we study government intervention and market failure, we usually think of taxes or subsidies, but this article offers another

Reading this article made me realise how some problems in economics can’t be solved purely through the market mechanism. The

As students, we often focus more on demand-side factors when analysing inflation, but this article is a great reminder of

It’s nice to see that some of the things we read and study in A-Level Economics are actually being implemented

Often in economics, we’re taught how vital consumer spending is for sustaining growth. But in the real world, most government

What really caught my attention about this article is how China’s government is intervening to stop falling prices, not rising