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)


minimum prices introduced