David Ricardo podcast
This is from Economics in Ten podcast, season one, episode four. Ricardo gave us two of the most important ideas in the subject: comparative advantage (the theoretical foundation for the case for free trade) and the labour theory of value (which would later heavily influence Marx). Pete and Gav explain comparative advantage clearly, which is useful because students often find it counterintuitive. There’s also good context on the Corn Laws controversy, which links comparative
Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition 2027
Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneurs Corporation runs a free, entirely online pitch competition for 14 to 18 year olds anywhere in the world, with a deadline of 21 February 2027. Entrants first complete a short mini-course on Blue Ocean Strategy, the idea that firms do better by creating uncontested market space than by fighting for share in a crowded one, then submit a video pitch of under five minutes for a business idea of their own. Recent cycles have drawn around 12,000 entr
LSESU Economics Challenge 2027 (+ resources!)
The LSESU Economics Society, which runs an annual essay competition, also runs a separate quantitative paper: 50 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, sat on 9 January 2027 with registration closing on 27 December 2026. Questions are set and reviewed by LSE Economics Department academics and split roughly half A-level content, half LSE first-year, so students meet CPI calculations and multiplier arithmetic alongside expected values and t-statistics. Even if you don’t enter