the labour market

the labour market

t2u blog posts on labour market

poverty and inequality issues:

living standards squeeze (bbc march 2011)

poor hit by recession (bbc march 2011)

poverty and inuquality posts t2u blog

national minimum wage
the low pay report 2010

nmw most successful policy (bbc 2010)

option fined (bbc 2010)

minimum wage to 5.93 (bbc oct 2010)

work experience and minimum wage (bbc 2010)

benefit trap (bbc 2010)

cost of living 14,400 (bbc 2010)

minimum incomes jrf

london living wage

changing britain (channel 4 news march 2010) 14 mins

age of energy debate - the telegraph

age of energy debate

age of energy themes

videos

labour market background

job trends since 2007


unemployment danny blanchflower 3mins

commodity prices

coffee prices (FT 25/02/11)

http://www.ft.com/foodprices

http://www.ft.com/indepth/commoditiesboom

http://www.ft.com/indepth/oil

hard talk on the role of speculation (bbc)

externalities and market failure video support

negative externalities pj holden

positive externalities p j holden

government spending

government spending by department

audio tour

merit goods - tuition fees / education

university funding bbc homepage

education issues

quality issues:

league tables (bbc)

ofstead home

national curriculum

quantity issues

school leaving age 18 2013

merit goods - heathcare reform

reform debate latest
healthcare reform discussion (mp3 17 mins)

channel 4 healthcare reform page

ideological debate






other news
nhs at 60 (bbc 2008)

cameron and healthcare (bbc)

health care reform (guardian)

ste v market discussion (mp3 30 mins)

debt bombshell

imf 120 years of debt

how to pay for it

private healthcare view

future challenges

drug development

demerit goods - alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking

1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


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