About
Discussions of topical news articles and analysis, videos and podcasts are posted several times per month to keep you up-to-date with economic issues covered in the news.
The site
Each news blog starts with an introduction to the issue, showing you how the articles and broadcasts relate to the economic theory covered in your textbook. This is followed by several links to relevant news articles and often to videos, podcasts, data and official publications. Each blog post finishes with discussion questions that can be used either for self-testing or for use in class.
Archived blogs go back 20 years. You can search the news articles from the left-hand navigation panel:
- by keyword – using the Search box;
- by chapter of your textbook – under Categories
- by month – using the By Date search.
(Note that the links to some of the articles from some of the older blogs may no longer work, although many still do.)
The Sloman Economics News Site is one of the top 15 UK Economics Blogs and Websites on the FeedSpot site.
Authors
Most of the postings are by John Sloman, Dean Garratt, Jon Guest, Michael McCann, Matt Olczak, Catherine Mitchell, Nicholas Vasilakos and Karishma Patel.
Guest Posts
If you are a lecturer who is using one of the books for your course(s) and would like to make a guest posting on this blog, please email a Word file of your post to John Sloman at [email protected]. The Word file should include an introduction, hyperlinks to an article or articles and questions. Do not worry about the formatting – just keep it plain.
Please let John know the course you are teaching on and the book you are using.
John will format it and post it. He reserves the right to amend the post, but will send it to you first for your approval before posting it.
If you have a picture that you have taken and want included in the post, then please attach it to your email as a JPEG. Similarly, if you want to include a chart in the post, then please attach a PowerPoint file of it to your email.
If your blog is posted, it will be fully acknowledged.
Other features
Select ‘Books and Resources’ on the top navigation bar to link out to an individual book’s resources. This will allow you to access companion websites for students and to register for MyLab Economics products and lecturer (‘instructor’) resources.
Many of the pictures and most of the charts and diagrams are by John Sloman, unless otherwise stated. For many of the charts and diagrams there is an option to download a PowerPoint version, which you can update or amend. John is happy for you to copy any of his pictures (hover the mouse over the picture for details of location and/or topic).
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