Staff at the University of Bristol’s department of Economics grapple with some COVID19-related economic questions. Where does the expert consensus lie?
Asking the experts: in a new series for the economics blog, Economics undergraduate student, Ethan Lester puts COVID19-related economic questions to department staff and writes up their responses.…
BSc Philosophy and Economics student, Charlotte explores coronavirus and inequality, looking at what this means for education in her Economics of Coronavirus blog.
Charlotte wrote her blog in response to our student competition earlier this year, where we invited students to write their own Economics of Coronavirus blog exploring any aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Head of Economics, Professor Sarah Smith explores racial inequality in the UK, reflecting on recent events.
The past few weeks have seen protests around the world, triggered by the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.…
Third-year BSc Economics and Politics student, Pravin discusses Premier League salaries during the COVID-19 pandemic in his Economics of Coronavirus blog.
Pravin wrote his blog in response to our call-out for Economics of Coronavirus competition entries earlier this year, and was announced as the competition winner – his prize to have his blog featured on the Discover Economics website, promoted to Financial Times subscribers.…
This week, the press has been dominated by the Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham in search of childcare, in breach of the spirit if not the strict letter, of the social distancing law that he himself had been partly responsible for.…
Dr Hans Sievertsen and Professor Sarah Smith explore economists’ views on different issues, including the current COVID crisis, and ask whether there is such a thing as a one-handed economist.
“Give me a one-handed economist”, demanded Harry Truman, the former US President.…
The coronavirus pandemic has seen a rapid and marked shift in the balance between markets and government.
Professor Sarah Smith explores governments responses to the current COVID-19 crisis.
Governments around the world have responded to the crisis with massive spending commitments.…
Lecturers within the department have been exploring how economics has a vital part to play in everyday life.
From shortages of supplies in supermarkets to social distancing behaviour, economics can help us understand and make sense of some of the real-life effects of the coronavirus pandemic.…
On 5 May it was announced that the U.K.’s death toll from COVID-19 was 29,427, narrowly overtaking Italy on the same day (with 29,315 deaths): this meant that the U.K. had the highest number of recorded COVID-19 deaths in Europe.…
The grim statistics, released daily, on the number of new coronavirus deaths in each country are pored over by the media and policy-makers as an indicator of when the pandemic might peak, whether lockdown is working, and whether more stringent restrictions might be needed.…
