beer taxes budget 2011

beer tax graphics

government failure

govt failure presentation (t2u streamed) pdf

t2u blog posts on government failure

monopoly

basic arguments
monopoly arguments holden

characteristics
high price high profits:
tesco's profits up 12%

apple ipad economies of scale (NYT)

price discrimination ipad (the economist)

price fixing in concentrated markets;
power firms oct 2008
cigarette firms apr 2008
airlines (ba and virgin) feb 2008
ba virgin august 2007
supermarkets and dairy products dec 2007
farmers reaction
sept 2007dutch brewers

case study
chocolates:
cadbury kraft
guardian graphic on chocolate market
supermarkets
dispatches
big 4 growth (bbc)
supermarket investigation
supermarket graphic
tesco growth and profits
tesco interactive
tesco investor relations
tesco annual report 2009
gas and electricity
gas and electricity
internet
net based monopolists (the guardian 23/11/09)
telecoms
Orange TMobile (BBC)
Orange TMobile (Channel 4)
government clears orange t mobile deal (ft 05/03/10)

other sources
worlds biggest companies (the economist)
evan davies on growth

the housing market

t2u blog entries

uk housing market 2010 (t2u)

house prices in 2011 (bbc dec 2010)

sudden slump in mortgage lending (bbc march 2011)

the economist house price indicators (march 2011)

global prices interactive

housing flashcharts (t2u 2003)