Economics
Books
50 Economics Ideas: You Really Need to Know – Edmund Conway. A good basic guide to 50 key economic concepts such as inflation, the balance of payments, unemployment.
Cracking economics – T. Pettinger. Visual guide to economics. Simple explanations of key topics
The Return of Depression Economics and Crisis of 2008 – Paul Krugman. Paul Krugman has been one of most prolific commentators on economics. His insights into liquidity traps and Keynesian economics have stood up well against recent events.
Keynes – The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky. The great recession of 2008-2011 has seen a resurgence of interest in the teaching of J.M.Keynes who advocated government intervention to overcome recession and high unemployment. A good background to this essential branch of economics.
Crisis Economics: A Crash Course by Nouriel Roubini. A look at why crisis repeatedly occur in Capitalism and what can be done to prevent them occurring again.
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman provides the classic defence of free markets, capitalism and libertarian economics. One of the most controversial economists but a very lucid and entertaining writer.
The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L Heilbroner. A brief overview of all main thinkers who have contributed to the science of economics – from Karl Marx to Milton Friedman and Adam Smith
Economics in One Lesson H Hazlitt (Author). A primer to the key concepts in economics. Written from very much a free market perspective.
Debunking Economics The Naked Emperor Dethroned? by Steve Keen. In the light of recent events, this shows the failings of economic theory.
Freakonomics by Steven D.Levitt and S. Dubner. Very popular best selling book, which has helped to make economics cool. Looking at the principles of economics in everyday life.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
The Undercover Economist - Tim Harwood
Doughnut Economics (Kate Raworth) – challenges much of orthodox thinking in the subject
Poor Economics: Rethinking Ways to Fight Global Poverty (Banerjee & Duflo) – development economics
Podcasts
Freakonomics: https://freakonomics.com/archive/
University of Warwick: https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/business-economics/
Economics of Climate Change - Dr Elizabeth Harnett, from Jesus College, Oxford, discusses the economics of climate change and the low-carbon transition
Lectures
London School of Economics (LSE) free online events: link here
Visits
Bank of England
Parliament Tours
Web sites
Economist - www.economist.com
London Stock Market - http://www.londonstockexchange.com
Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com
CIA World Fact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Bank of England - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/
Office for National Statistics - https://www.ons.gov.uk/
Statistics on EU - http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Government publications - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications
National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain's longest established independent research institute, founded in 1938. Their mission is to carry out research into the economic and social forces that affect people’s lives and to improve the understanding of those forces and the ways in which policy can bring about change.
NRICH Maths for Economists - This webpage is a small collection of advanced-level material from the main NRICH pages which will be of use or interest to those hoping to study economics at university.
Royal Economic Society - Founded in 1890, the Royal Economic Society is one of the oldest economic associations in the world.
Competitions
Young Economist of the Year - this essay competition, organised by the Royal Economic Society and the Financial Times, is open to all year 12 and year 13 students studying for or A-Level.
Economics Futures Essay Writing Competition
Research
Challenging Wealth & Income Inequality
The Politics of Economics & the Economics of Politicians
What is Economics in Global Logistics?