Which employers did not pay the minimum wage?
View the list released by the UK government. Their website also covers regulation. House of Commons Library note SN06898 provides historic data on rates and enforcement Low Pay Commission advises the government. Its website has reports and data. Use Econpapers to trace other online articles.
Are the rich getting richer?
According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth. Joseph Rowntree Foundation released a report showing that the proportion of people living in UK households with an income below minimum standards had risen since 2008 Use the World […]
State of Bitcoin 2015
The latest report from Coin Desk stated that in 2014 Bloomberg regarded Bitcoin as the worst performing currency. Download the full report with future predictions from the website. Quandl and Coinmetrics also have Bitcoin data
Bank of England release secret minutes on the financial crisis
What did the bank know about the impending financial crisis in May and June 2007? Find out from contemporary minutes just released on the Bank of England website. The website has the full text and explanatory notes. The Guardian refers to it as a diary of a shambles. See also the BBC analysis.
Thomas Piketty and Capital in the Twenty-First Century
The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) was in the news over xmas as he rejected an honour from the French government, Here are some free resources which will enable you to find out more about his work He is professor (directeur d’études) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and Professeur […]
Where is the best place to be a woman?
According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings. It benchmarks national gender gaps of 142 countries on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria. ILO website gender data World Bank Genderstats
UK household spending
How much do UK Households spend? Find the latest annual data on trends in food, entertainment, housing and fuel from the ONS.
A data revolution for all?
The UN Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development has just published a report called a World that Counts . This considers the nature and future implication of data inequality between ‘developed’ and ‘developing nations.’ For some great examples of open data initiatives try: UNdata EU Open data portal Open […]
Standards of conduct in banking
Read the recent Financial Conduct Authority reports to find out which 5 banks it fined for failing to control business practices in their foreign exchange (FX) trading operations. Its website also has details of the wider Fair and Effective Markets Review The Bank of England released its own independent report into the role of its officials
World ranking of prosperity
Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of 142 countries. It uses eight categories: economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, health, safety & security, personal freedom and social capital. The website has information on the methodology and data for the last 6 years.
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