British Economy | Faculty of Economics

Economics News | Published on Monday, 24 September, 2018

Three Faculty members will be running sessions at this years Festival of Ideas. Dr.

Keywords: British Economy Capitalism Women in Economics Trade

Running the British Economy - 2017

Economics News | Published on Thursday, 9 November, 2017

More than fifty Year 12 and Year 13 students from schools in Eastern England and greater London took part in this year's computer-based simulation game 'Running the British Economy'.

In the game, teams of 4 or 5 players have to run the economy for ten ‘years’ by taking a succession of decisions on income tax, value-added tax, public spending and interest rates.

Keywords: British Economy Income Tax Public Spending Value-Added Tax GDP Interest Rates