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…

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…

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? :)

The past few months I have been managing the Economy Student Bursary Mentorship Programme, which is more interesting than it sounds, trust me. This year we recruited seven non-economics…

The past few weeks at Economy have been mad busy, with the student bursary programme ticking over nicely, the publication of ‘Economy Explores: Religion’, and the induction of our new Economy trustees — welcome! I thought it would be a good idea to explore new options that will help…