Economics

Publisher: The Economist

A dry title for a fascinating thought provoking weekly online publication - a great resource for schools. "But The Economist is all about economics" No it's not. The Economist covers politics, business, culture, science and much much more. It takes the important topics shaping our world and writes about them in ways that are distinctive and clear.

Some recent articles:
- What to do about Britain's house prices
- If the French ran America
- Europe's insane climate policies
- A brief history of hotels
- The rise of mixed race Britain
- Crackdown in Ukraine
- China's film industry


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- easy searching across an archive of information that goes back to 1997
- unlimited user access for your students and teachers to the must-read weekly newspaper
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- access to The Economist multimedia library including video interviews of top executives and worldwide leaders
- the online site includes more content than the printed edition

Look at this list of topics - they have all been covered by The Economist:
- Globalisation versus localism
- China's space programme
- Why multinationals are like drug dealers
- What currency speculators can learn from the price of a Big Mac?
- Bacteria that make you fat
- Dead celebrities including junkies, astronauts and Playboy bunnies

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4, 5
Age range: 13-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. The Oxford Handbooks are one of the most successful and cited series within scholarly publishing, containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field and for the first time, the entire collection of work across 14 subject areas is available here:

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4, 5
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4
Age range: 11-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Combines excellence with innovation, a unique and invaluable tool for both teaching and research. The most important scholarly books that Oxford University Press publishers in the humanities and social sciences are now accessible online for a one-time purchase fee or by annual subscription.

The following subject modules are available: Biology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Economics & Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Music.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4
Age range: 11-16+