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This episode will help you understand energy and its part in consumption. You will learn some interesting facts about energy and our consumption habits. World energy consumption is rising as are costs. There is pressure to act to lower carbon released into the atmosphere along with other greenhouse gases. This has focused attention on what can be done to reduce the impact of climate change. Energy costs are increasing and the transition will not be easy. It is however, imperative that we do take action otherwise it will cost the planet. Switching to renewable sources of energy is essential to lower the impact from finite fossil fuels. Listen to find out more.

This episodes discusses how decisions are made in politics. It is about reason and argument or is it?

Why do politicians make decisions the way that they do?

We discuss facts, opinions, reason and argument. Many political decisions are economic decisions. Decisions about means to achieve a specific goal.

Finding Out is a podcast for the curious.

Thiis is a special episode for researchers writing articles for publication about their work. In it I explain the process of beginning the task and some of the key steps you have to negotiate. I also offer some practical tips about writing.

Inflation impacts everybody. What is inflation, how is it measured and why is it important? In this episode we find out answers to these questions. Governments use monetary and fiscal policy to influence inflation. They use the word control which sounds more precisie than it is. Consumers suffer when inflation occurs as do producers with regard to input costs.

Glossary of Terms:

RPI is the retail price index

CPI is the Consumer Price Index

Demand Pull is when inflation is driven by demand which cannot be satisfied by supply.

Cost Push is when increasing input costs drive up output prices that have to be passed on to customers.

The date that the CPI was introduced in the UK is 1st January 1997 and that is the base year for the index. Indices are rebased from time to time.
If you want tof find out which indices are used in your country you will need to go to the Government Website. What is included in the basket and thew eights attached are imprtant deteriminants of the measure.

Introducing the podcast for the curious - Finding Out provides informed opinion based on evidence for you to make your own mind up about all things in our everyday lives.