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Ali Norrish in People’s Economy

Oct 17, 2017

What is ‘economic literacy’?

We’re always hearing about financial literacy (sometimes also known as financial capability). In the UK, an All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People held in 2011 recommended ‘Personal finance education should be a compulsory part of every school’s…

Joe Richards in People’s Economy

Feb 8, 2018

High quality, basic economics at school could be the answer to all our problems

We think compulsory PSHE is the starting point.

NOTE: On Monday 12th February at 11:59pm, a government consultation on both the…

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antonia in People’s Economy

Feb 22, 2018

What do Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis & Charlotte Church all have in common?

Until last November, possibly nothing! However, since our event ‘Everything you always wanted to know about economics but were too afraid to ask’ they have now joined our mission to improve public…

Clare Birkett in People’s Economy

Oct 10, 2022

Shift Birmingham participants begin a journey together to understand and reimagine the city’s economy

Clare Birkett in People’s Economy

Sep 14, 2018

We piloted economics crash courses in communities across the UK. Here’s how they went.

Joe Earle in People’s Economy

Oct 12, 2021

Right to left: Woman sitting by herself reading Economy’s newspaper pullout. Four people having a conversation at Economy workshop. Two young people completing activity at Economy youth event.

Looking back and out to build forward — designing Economy’s new strategy

Jason Nguyen in People’s Economy

Sep 7, 2017

Dropping out of university to do an apprenticeship at Economy was the best decision I ever made.

Victoria Waldersee in People’s Economy

Dec 21, 2017

Economy turned TWO this year. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

Joe Richards in People’s Economy

Mar 2, 2017

Making economics ‘simple’ isn’t necessarily the answer

Last week, us here at Economy, together with Royal Society of Arts’ (the RSA’s) Citizens’ Economic Council, launched a 68-page super-full-colour PDF “toolkit”, designed to get people talking about the economy (complete with a giant map…

Ali Norrish in People’s Economy

Mar 15, 2017

There’s no such thing as Economics — and other good stuff we’ve found out

So, one thing I didn’t expect to find out from heading up Economy’s research project is there’s no such thing as Economics… Amazing news? Should I go on holiday? :)

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