Monday, 14 February 2011

Economics Quiz of the Week w/c 13 February 2011

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Thursday, 10 February 2011

Real Madrid richest club in the world


Real Madrid have topped the league table of the world's 20 richest football clubs for the sixth straight year. Manchester United lost second spot to Barcelona and their arch rivals, Manchester City, were the big movers, up from 20th to 11th. All the teams in the top 20 came from the "big five" European Leagues - England (7), Germany (4), Italy (4), Spain (3) and France (2).

Deloitte Football Money League


1. Real Madrid: 438.6m euros
2. Barcelona: 398.1m euros
3. Man Utd: 349.8m euros
4. Bayern Munich: 323m euros
5. Arsenal: 274.1m euros
6. Chelsea: 255.9m euros
7. AC Milan: 235.8.m euros
8. Liverpool: 225.3m euros
9. Inter Milan 224.8m euros
10. Juventus: 205m euros


Source: Deloitte: 2009/10

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

S3 Economics Oil Project

My S3 Economics class have been conducting a research project into the oil market in preparation for the next topic, Costs of Production. They had 3 periods to research the topic, prepare a presentation and report and deliver their findings in a 10-minute presentation to the rest of the class. Here is a sample of their work: