Should we be concerned by the continuing plunge in the Chinese stock market?
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University Business School Economists like to think that there are consistent pattern of behaviour in markets. However, ‘markets’ are simply a mechanism consisting of...
View ArticleThe harsh reality of getting back to normal
By Dr Steve McCabe Some seven years on from the 2008 GFC (Global Financial Crisis) it seems that memories are fading as to what caused a crash that, as well as being compared to the infamous 1929 Wall...
View ArticleShould we be concerned about the UK’s economic future in 2016?
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University’s Business School I am not going to engage in the ‘art’ of prediction. However, what I can say is that the immediate future will be dependent on a number of...
View ArticleShould women have to pay a ‘sexist surcharge’ on the high street?
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University’s Business School On first view this might seem like a peculiar story that harks back to a different age. The idea that you pay higher prices for something...
View ArticleIs Apple’s allure waning?
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University’s Business School Three years ago I wrote a piece for The Huffington Post in which I asked the question whether, based on the first fall in profits in a...
View ArticleWhat’s behind the potential merger of Sainsbury’s and Argos?
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University’s Business School In many ways the £1.3 billion merger between Sainsbury’s and Argos seems strange. The traditional supermarket retailer which has its...
View ArticleWill the new system of voting make Eurovision more exciting?
By Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City University’s Business School There is an old idiom about ‘flogging a dead horse’. As one internet explanation of this expression states, flogging a dead horse refers...
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In an age of constant social media communication, are sports stadiums losing...
Dr Steve McCabe, Birmingham City Business School For someone who grew up in Hall Green, Birmingham in the 1970s it is fascinating to look at the pictures taken of the area when it was being transformed...
View ArticleWhat does the budget tell us about Osborne’s ambitions?
By Dr Steve McCabe , Birmingham City Business School The Budget speech delivered by Chancellor George Osborne tells us much about his desire to ensure that issues of the economy are driven by political...
View ArticleThe UK economy: What happens next?
With just over a month past since the UK voted to leave the European Union, Dr Steven McCabe, Associate Professor, Birmingham City University Business School looks at how this has effected the...
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