paradox of thrift

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7745858.stm

heterodox economics

http://www.paecon.net/

http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/index.htm

fiscal and obama

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be2dbf2c-d113-11dd-8cc3-000077b07658.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c09f080-cfa1-11dd-abf9-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=a6b7f476-af02-11dd-a4bf-000077b07658.html

http://www.oxonomics.typepad.com/

http://www.bea.gov/

http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fred/

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/education/greateconomists/index.html

http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/

http://www.johnkay.com/

http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=FutureFreedomF&view=videos

cspan video library

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=index

free market economics

rogue economics

gold standard

smith marxs anf keynes

more economics videos

data

http://www.shadowstats.com/

smoking who data

http://www.wpro.who.int/health_topics/tobacco/

research issues

http://www.london-accord.co.uk/

brookings institute

http://www.brookings.edu/

development economics

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2008/12/picture.htm

http://www.growthcommission.org/

http://www.growthcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=198

imf - what is gross domestic product

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2008/12/basics.htm

tobacco companies

http://www.rjrt.com/home.asp

the problem of social cost

http://www.sfu.ca/~allen/CoaseJLE1960.pdf

climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/portal/climate_change/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/planet/default.stm

the stern review
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6098362.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/30_10_06_slides.pdf

lse video

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/live/LSELive_previous.htm

martin wolf blog

http://ftblogs.typepad.com/wolfforum/

buiter blog

http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/

http://www.nber.org/~wbuiter/

uk carbon cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7760514.stm

ft climate change page
http://www.ft.com/climatechangeseries

great depression - in photos

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530155

how green is your journey

http://open2.net/choices/transport/launcher_yourtrip_embedded.html

britain and euro

http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/big-question-should-britain-now-consider-joining-the-european-single-currency-1050614.html

macro links

interest rates cut to 2%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7764736.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7764741.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/04/interest-rates-bank-of-england1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/04/interestrates-interestrates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/04/interestrates-bankofenglandgovernor
what is gdp?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/88618.stm

pestons guide to the credit crunch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7688308.stm

google video

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=economics&emb=0&aq=f#

u channel

http://uc.princeton.edu/main/

palgrave dictionary

http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/dictionary

http://uk.youtube.com/user/IMFWEB

carbon hoof print?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7751384.stm

supermarket competition

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4785544.stm (BBC 2006)

addicted to aid panorama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7738297.stm

credit crash britain

http://www.open2.net/creditcrashbritain/index.html

http://www.open2.net/moneyandmanagement/podcast/index.html

http://www.open2.net/creditcrashbritain/ccbvideo_extras.html

econ misc

http://www.stumbleupon.com/tag/economics/

the economic year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/7746325.stm

pre budget report 2008

http://prebudget.treasury.gov.uk/prebudget2008/

supply and demand agriculture

http://www.channel4.com/video/dispatches/series-1/episode-5/supply-and-demand_p_1.html

deflation

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/deflation+a+simple+guide/2831262

classroom tools

http://www.wordle.net/

lse live

webcasts from lse

working lunch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/working_lunch/default.stm

the bottom line - evan davis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bottomline/bottomline.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/today/evandavis/

david smith blog

http://www.economicsuk.com/blog/

ou video

http://open2.net/money/index.html

http://open2.net/creditcrashbritain/ccbvideo_extras.html

http://open2.net/money/video_extras.html

http://open2.net/management_organisation/

more economics videos

http://fora.tv/channel/Economics

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Business/Economics

Target Two Point Zero Competition

ft interest rate video

uk housing

http://www.ft.com/indepth/ukhousing

the times need to know heat map

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/need_to_know/

the real cost of taxing people - fiscal issues

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3971850.ece

Target Two Point Zero Competition

interest rates quiz (the guardian)

Target Two Point Zero Competition

interest rates: historical
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interactive/2008/nov/05/interest-rates-history

interest rates since 1991
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interactive/2008/oct/07/interestrates.creditcrunch

uk recession in the ft
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5492ad6-b0df-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

fiscal boost recommend
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5608612c-b101-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c.html

smoking issues

smoking banned in private places
http://reason.tv/video/show/577.html

talking butts 25 min documentary on smoking
http://reason.tv./video/show/179.html

the sunny side of the truth at thetruth.com
http://www.thetruth.com/videos/

drinking age debate
http://reason.com/news/show/128200.html

nanny state issues
http://reason.com/topics/topic/227.html

inflation report november 2008

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/inflationreport/irlatest.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7724215.stm

unemployments at 11 year high

guardian audio + interactive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/interactive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/economy+content/audio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/economy+content/interactive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/business+content/audio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/business+content/interactive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/series/benkeelingsanimatedcartoons

economics network

http://www.youtube.com/user/economicsnetwork

von mises video

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=misesmedia&view=videos

music economics

http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2007/10/out_come_the_ar.php

http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/card/archives/2007/10/armchair_econom.html

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/the-inevitable-march-of-recorded-music-towards-free/

http://www.coolfer.com/blog/blog/images/070606_DigMarketShares.JPG

http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/digital_music/

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gUZBdJraXYg&feature=related

media converter

reason tv

http://reason.tv/

drew carey achive

video achive

topic list

recession coverage

what is gdp?

bbc downturn page

Target Two Point Zero Competition

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2008/076.htm

rate cut by 1.5% (bbc)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7713006.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7712202.stm

hefty rate cut predicted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7711177.stm

how low can rates go

http://www.producingohio.org/index.html

peston new capitalism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2008/12/the_new_capitalism_in_video.html

roger bootle comments

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/section_node/0,1042,sid%253D5399,00.html

target 2.0

beesley (mpc) admits inflation is no longer a threat

econopic blog

http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/

economist - audio visual

world / business / politics news

http://audiovideo.economist.com/

new scientist economics links

climate change

hiv and aids

teenagers

us elections 2008

folly of growth - new scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/contents/issue/2678.html

target 2.0

news page

globalisation and inequality - imf

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/slideshow/index.htm

all imf multimedia

hutton and wolf @ lse - financial crisis

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/live/LSELive_previous.htm

Target Two Point Zero Competition

inflation reports page (bank of england) (august 2008)

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/inflationreport/2008.htm (archive)

target 2.0 latest datasheets

weekly data updates

stream 2008 finals

target 2.0 homepage

bbc tax page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/tax/default.stm

deficit spending

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/20/economy-recession-treasury-energy-housing

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sean-ogrady-keynes-the-man-to-get-the-government-out-of-a-crisis-966918.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4974689.ece

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3226993/No-surprise-Keynes-is-back-in-fashion.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/10/20/dl2001.xml

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a754a046-9c79-11dd-a42e-000077b07658.html

economics network

http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/

http://whystudyeconomics.ac.uk/

why do we need...?

economic growth (bbc)

stock markets (bbc)

global competitiveness report 2008/9

interactive report

world economic forum

http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm

sovereign wealth funds

background swf

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/NEW101508B.htm

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2007/09/straight.htm

santiago principles

http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2008/022908.pdf

http://www.iwg-swf.org/index.htm

norway case study

oecd and swfs

g7 / central banks plan of action

http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1195.htm

imf crisis over view video

imf video

collaboration not competion - wisdom in the crowd

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6980000/newsid_6980900/6980955.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1

http://www.marketocracy.com/

where has all the money gone - sloman

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7670313.stm

public debt

CIA PUBLIC DEBT BY COUNTRY

radom articles

marginal productivity theory (korea times)

income inequality - the guardian 2006

economicshelp - labour market home page

football player salaries (bbc 2006)

john terry dec 2007




other sites:
index economic article korea times

economics education foundation (BACK ISSUES)

crisis a historical perspective

http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.asp?eventID=1284

Target Two Point Zero Competition

finals 2007-8

economic freedom interactive map

http://www.cato.org/pubs/efw/map/index.php

http://www.cato.org/

working lunch bbc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/working_lunch/default.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/workinglunch/declancurry/

Target Two Point Zero Competition

credit crunch presentations bbc

consumer inflation reaches 5.2% (bbc) 14/10/08

inflation at high (c4 news) 14/10/08

lse live

live lectures from the lse

14/10 thomas freidman on globalisation 1800-2000hrs

20/10 martin wolf + on the global financial crisis

podcasts from the lse

neets

panorama neets in swindon (2007)

environment - altas of the changing environment

http://na.unep.net/digital_atlas2/google.php

http://na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php

target 2.0 - graphics ft interactive

interest rates

tackling inflation

mpc votes

http://www.ft.com/multimedia/interactive

panorama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2008/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2007/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2006/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2005/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2004/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2003/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2002/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/archive/2001/default.stm

thinktanks

http://www.niesr.ac.uk/

http://www.ifs.org.uk/

target 2.0 - global forecast

global market outlook podcast -the economist

interest rate cuts

Target Two Point Zero Competition

uk economy already in recession
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7656090.stm

jobs go as service sector shrinks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7650144.stm

stocks slide despite reassurances
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7655288.stm

uk manufacturing sees sharp fall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7645923.stm

oil dips below $90 a barrel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7654362.stm

decoupling of base and inter bank lending rate
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/new100708b.htm

sustainable development

guide 2008 = sustainable development

http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/index.asp

credit crunch press

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/creditcrunch

http://www.ft.com/indepth/global-financial-crisis

economic commentators

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/stephen-king/

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hamish-mcrae/

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Business

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/

video blog - bryn jones

http://uk.youtube.com/user/BrynJonesOnline

video blog - economics help

http://uk.youtube.com/user/economicshelp

credit default swaps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7641528.stm

video resourses

economics basics
http://www.learner.org/resources/series159.html#

economics u$a and economics teacher
http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html?pop=yes&pid=338

statistics
http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html

inside the global economy
http://www.learner.org/resources/series86.html

data analysis and probability
http://www.learner.org/resources/series158.html

more links

http://www.econlib.org/library/classics.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2008/oil_/default.stm

IMF Datamapper

http://gecon.yale.edu/

the economist - a to z

http://www.economist.com/research/economics/

classic links

Marginal Revolution
Economist's View
Brad DeLong
Greg Mankiw
Paul Krugman
Freakonomics
VoxEU
Market Movers
Megan McArdle
Dani Rodrik
Econbrowser
The Undercover Economist
Brad Setser
Maverecon

http://www.economist.com/finance/economicsfocus/

full economics focus archive

world crisis

55 minute special

fish quotas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7635668.stm

Target Two Point Zero Competition

change in mpc target (ft)

Target Two Point Zero Competition

ecb inflation page

ecb video links

ecb facts presentations

Target Two Point Zero Competition

times predicts a slide in inflation

raising the school leaving age

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations/downloadableDocs/RIA%20%5BFINAL%5D%20word%20version.pdf

http://www.cfbt.com/evidenceforeducation/PDF/91161_Raising_the_Leaving_Age.pdf

Target Two Point Zero Competition

bbc article

bbc review video

mervyn king's letter

chancellor's letter

macro overview (bbc)

inflation calculator

bank keeps rate at 5%

three way split (mpc)

government spending poster

guardian govt spending poster

meltdown facts and figures

bbc's overview of the global meltdown

target 2.0 - guide to the city

radio four two part documentry on the city of london's financial markets

lse lecture programme sept- dec 2008

events list

mp3 files are available on the site (after the event)

Target Two Point Zero Competition

Home Page : http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/targettwopointzero/index.htm

Meeting Thursday 11th September 2008 1.45 Room C to register an interest and fix a regular meeting date.

Registration Deadline with the Bank of England is Tuesday 23 September 2008

Resources that related to the competition may be found in the shared folder all years file.

MPC Home Page

MPC meeting minutes page

Bank of England Acts

bank of england resources

inflation chart

inflation map

prices machine

made of money (enrichment)

made of money video

Why is broccoli the only veg to fall in price?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7603750.stm

failure of the market

state or market? discussion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7600357.stm#

L6 - thinking like a social scientist

lecture by danny quah head of economics at lse

please listen before next lesson


you will find a range of mp3 dowloads covering a host of issues @

lse lectures downloads

aqa coursework considerations

Some articles from the BBC relating to research issues:

• What the survey didn't say...
• the myth of counting
• Putting percentages in context
• Just what is average?
• Just because? (causality)

other sites general

angus deaton's letters from america

royal economics society newsletter

royal economics society

ft - the undercover economist

david smith economics uk

ft blogs home

oxford university - reseach papers home

road to serfdom

http://www.mises.org/books/TRTS/

http://mises.org/

us market swings

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/storysupplement/investor_special/2008/index.html

podcasts bbc radio

bbc world documentaries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/docarchive/

today radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/today/

africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/africa/

general listing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/genre/newscurrentaffairs/

dan ariel's videos

http://www.predictablyirrational.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/danariely

macro online

http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/macroeconomics.html

random resources

nhs at 60
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/nhs60/Pages/NHS60home.aspx

us elections
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/channel-08/

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/electionday/

http://www.citizentube.com/

global capital flows

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/chart/index.htm

economics video lessons

the phillips curve

all videos

http://philholden.edublogs.org/

http://philholden.edublogs.org/video-lessons/

latest macro presentations

oxford economics

games

http://www.uberplay.com/games/fool/

http://www.tablestargames.com/Games/G_WoN_Contents.html

http://www.gameslore.com/acatalog/PR_Anti_Monopoly_Board_Game.html

http://www.games-collector.com/games-p/201240-poleconomy-1987.htm

inflation and unemployment in the news

inflation buster - 10 items that have fallen in price

briton fears inflation will double

unemployment figures

learning tools

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/

cool...not quite sure what for yet but..

http://www.apple.com/support/itunes_u/

unit 5 - state of the world population

multimedia presentation (unfpa)

report 2007

presskit resource list

geography is history?

world map to check your geography knowledge

unit 5 - latest on development economics

imf finance and development june 2008

• millenium goals
• convergence and decoupling between economies
• basel II and indebtedness
• fdi and capital flows

essay / answer plans for as + a2

microeconomics

macroeconomics

top schools

ft interactive graph

world oil market

ft interactive map on the world oil market

economics blog support as economics

http://brynsaseconomicsblog.blogspot.com/

unit 6 - imf : france and structural reforms

imf survey of france may 2008

3 gorges dam - ft video report

part 1: environmental cost

part 2: displacement of people

part 3: further adverse effects

world finance magasine

excellent overview material

http://worldfinance.com/

virtual edition

uk inflation woes - bbc

mervyn king on inflation in the uk (bbc)

mpc inflation report may 2008

unit 6 - euro emu

ecb montary policy home page

ecb annual report 2007

article from ecb covering the currency union

ft interactive discussion board

a range of topics discussed from a variety of viewpoints

unit 1 + unit 3 - house prices

ft interactive chart

interactive discussion

unit 6 - ft europe perspectives

resources relating to the eu

ft multimedia resources

the ft has an interactive graph charting how the mpc has voted on interest decisions in recent months - there is a supporting article here

all the fts multimedia resources

global food crisis

imf and the food crisis

supporting article (imf)

ft interactive presentation

revision - diagrams

some video descriptions of economics diagrams

please watch these from a critical point of view, his descriptions and analysis are at best limited!

unit 6 + unit 3 - UK Economy Overview

UK Economy Overview

unit 2 - bloom for the carbon conscious

bloom for the carbon conscious - sow a seed for climate change ?

tell me what you think of this bbc inituative in the comments - i am interested

unit 6 - globalisation

Thomas L. Friedman, Op-Ed columnist, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, discuss how globalization is changing the world.

what is the world flat?

new york times videos

current events from an American angle:
new york times video

USA the new green power?

unit 6 - the eurozone at a glance

the eurozone at a glance (bbc)

world development report 2008

available from the world bank at the following link:

world development report 2008

online map of the millenium goals

economics thought on the web

the economic consequences of peace

library - history of economic thought (downloadable)

Ivy League Material? study @ Yale

political philosophy

psychology

open yale home

unit 3 - progrssive taxation

should we tax the rich (newsnight)

unit 5 - newsnight videos

brazil inequality

newsnight videos home

darfur 5 years on (newsnight)

flanders economics

unit 2 - some environment issues

my carbon footprint

rio declaration and agenda 21

http://www.ngceurope.com/combatclimatechange/uk/whatisgw_quiz.aspx

unit 2 - stern report

executive summary

summary of conclusions

powerpoint on the dangers climate change

unit 5 - revision guide

development economics

unit 2 - external cost: food waste

food waste costs £8bn a year

phillips curve short run and long run

historical charts - USA 1950s-2000

notes on macro trade offs and the phillips curve

stagflation - commanding heights

364 economists - the budget 1981 (bbc video)

recession revision notes - tutor2u

supply side policy - revision noyes - tutor2u - presentation

present dilemmas on monetary policy - bbc

natural rate of unemployment - tutor2u

phillips curve and nairu

elasticity review and the housing market

Elasticity Notes

• price elasticity of demand - presentation
• cross elasticity of demand - presentation
• income elasticity of demand - presentation
• price elasticity of supply - presentation

market in focus - coffee

Housing Information

• www.housingoutlook.co.uk
• Gavin Cameron - The UK Housing Market
• house price inflation
• telegraph article - housing bubble

revision - ratio analysis

introduction to ratio analysis (notes)

presentations

• profitability ratios
• efficiency ratio
• liquidity ratios
• gearing /stability
• shareholder ratios

• introduction to variance
• variance analysis

global strategy - nuffield business and economics

global strategy presentation

ansoff matrix presentation

the new global companies

tata motors

• bbc news - tata a global giant
• http://www.tatacarsworldwide.com/
• http://www.tatamotors.com/
• wikipedia (overview)
• bbc news - the world's cheapest car
• bbc news - Tata buy jaguar

cemex

• http://www.cemex.co.uk/
• wikipedia (overview)
• bbc news - cemex buys australian
• bbc news - mexican firm buys rmc

unit 6 - stagflation and trade balances the imf view

A couple of articles released today relating to rising food prices

rising inflation complicating the response to world slowdown

food prices poverty and trade balance

gcse economics revision course

aqa economics 3144

past papers and mark schemes aqa

edexcel business and economics

tutor2u gcse economics notes

unit 5 - millenium goals

talking point - bbc

revision course - tuesday links

tuesday (am)

government intervention to correct market failure

negative externalities - pollution

• climate change guide (bbc)
• carbon trading (bbc)
• green taxes (bbc)
• emissions caps (bbc)
• greens view (audio)

health and education

• budget and spending
• obesity

tuesday pm

as revision course - monday links

General Links

• Recommended Revision Text Economics Help:
• microeconomics (Monday am/pm, Tuesday am)
• macroeconomics (Tuesday pm, Wednesday am)
• http://flashecon.org/
• tutor2u revision maps
• Edexcel AS:
• unit 1 - how markets work
• unit 2 - why markets fail
• unit 3 - managing the economy
• AQA AS:
• Module 1 - Markets and Market Failure
• Module 2 - The National Economy
• OCR AS:
• Module 2881 - The Market System
• Module 2882 - Market Failure and Government Intervention
• Module 2883 - The National and International Economy

Monday (am) - The Nature of Economics

• The Economic Problem and the Allocation of Resources in Competitive Markets.
• Demand and Supply
• supply and demand presentation
• complements and substitutes presentation
• oil prices (bbc 2004)
• shoppers demand turkeys (bbc 2007)
• Price Mechanism
• Elasticity
• demand elasticity and total revenue presentation
• supply elasticity and tax incidence presentation
• Specialisation and Trade
• http://flashecon.org/advantage/advantage_main.asp

Monday (pm) - Market Failure

• Why Markets may not allocate resources efficiently
• Types of Market Failure:
• Monopoly
• Public Goods - public goods presentation
• De-merit Goods
• Externalities - presentation
• Commodity Markets - wheat prices + coffee prices
• Agricultural Products - common agricultural policy (CAP)
• Labour Markets - mininum wage legislation in the UK + living on the minimum wage in London

revision material

evaluation skills presentation

economics as diagrams

exam technique material

economic freedom index

US free market thinktank the heritage foundation:

http://www.heritage.org/

map of economic freedom:

unit 5 - Penn World Tables

development indicators comparative data:

http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt62/pwt62_form.php

talks at MIT

stern and climate change:
http://mitworld.mit.edu/stream/534/

3 nobel prize winners talk about the US Economy 1950-2050
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/76/

chomsky on the militarization of science and space:
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/182/

MITworld home:
http://mitworld.mit.edu/index.php

unit 1 - introduction to economics

a series of interviews about the subject of economics:

http://emlab.berkeley.edu/users/train/interviews.html

revision - economics help

alternative online text book in pdf:

microeconomics - unit 1 + 2

macroeconomics as - unit 3

microeconomics - unit 4

macroeconomics a2 - unit 6

the guy writes concisely and gives recommendations on evaluative angles.


http://www.economicshelp.org/

unit 6 - globalisation

bbc special report

revision - online mind maps

challenges facing the european economy

expectations in economics

uk economy in a globalising world

macroeconomics

inflation and unemployment

growth of firms

unit 5 - absolute povery

fao hunger map

food security statistics by country

unit 1 - principles of economics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVp8UGjECt4

http://www.standupeconomist.com/

ocr past papers

papers mark scheme and other documents

aqa past papers

Past papers and mark schemes:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/eco_assess.php

Examiners Reports and Specification:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/eco_exam.php

unit 5 - rule of law and living standards

economists explore the link between rule of law and gdp per capita

unit 2 - how to cut jams

the economist cuts jams (traffic not strawberry)

unit 6 - gdp grossly distorted picture?

the economist's take on gdp figures

unit 5 + unit 6 - china's thirst for resources

the economist - china's thirst for resources

the uk economy in charts

uk economy in charts march 2008 - tutor2u

unit 3 - monetary policy

bank of england monetary policy page

unit 2 - US tightens air quality

bbc reports - US tighten air quality

the economists - charts

the best graphics of the week:

http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/display.cfm?id=7933596

nber digest

read non technical summaries of the lastest research from the US:

http://www.nber.org/digest/

uk budget 2008

bbc special report

unit 3 - us recession

is the us in recession?

General Revision - Kevin Bucknall's online text

You will find notes for units 1 to 6 at the following address. Unfortunately nothing for Development Economics but the edexcel notes have been posted previously.

http://www.kevinbucknall.com/

unit 6 - inflation and unemployment

The Phiilips Curve and NAIRU

unit 5 + unit 6 - country profiles

http://www.economist.com/countries/Britain/

http://www.economist.com/countries/Nigeria/

http://www.economist.com/countries/Brazil/

http://www.economist.com/countries/SouthKorea/

http://www.economist.com/countries/China/

http://www.economist.com/countries/USA/

unit 3 - UK trade deficit

Evan on the UK trade deficit

all Evan's news reports

unit 3 - monetary policy

Evan Davies is by far the most well informed journalist discussing economic issues in the UK. There are some news links and his blog link below:

bank predicts soaring inflation

bank cuts interest rates

fed cuts rates by 0.75%

how interest rates work

evanomics home page

unit 5 + unit 6 - commanding the heights

globalisation and 20th century economics

home page:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/index.html

video links:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/ideas/vid_essaylist.html

unit 6 - globalisation and the UK economy

you will find a comprehensive report on the UK economy and its reponse to the challenge of globalisation at the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file44332.pdf

unit 4 - regulation of privatised industries

The Daily telegraph 7/03/2008 has a range of articles focused on the privatised utilites:



watchdogs who fail to bite



too close to the firms they must police (regulatory capture)




The consumer regulators and their chiefs

unit 5b - development

edexcel's online notes relating to development economics:

• development indicators
• factors affecting growth on LDCs
• development constraints
• costs of economic growth
• development strategies
• external finance
• bilateral and multilateral aid
• structural adjustment policies

unit 2 + unit 5 - world atlas of biodiversity

interactive map - illustrating many aspects of biodiversity:

http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm

unit 2 + unit 5 China and the Environment

Environmental issues relating to China's economic growth will be discussed this Thursday at New Hall Cambridge.

17.15 - 18.30
full details on the link below:
http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/9216

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

east asia economics review

perhaps easier than English for some:

http://www.e-economic.com/

unit 3 - how interest rates work

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/evandavis/2008/01/how_interest_rates_work.html

unit 6 - the phillips curve and long term unemployment

http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp441.pdf

http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0205-5.pdf

unit 4 - anticompetitive practices

mircosoft and the european union

http://www.ft.com/indepth/microsofteu

unit 3 - inflation

inflation in emerging economies
http://www.hsbcnet.com/hsbc/research/wer-25feb08

US stagflation?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_specter_of_stagflation.html

unit 6 - international competitveness

http://www.gcr.weforum.org/

unit 3 - inflation

Cadbury Schweppes plans to raise prices
Oil prices head high on expectations of OPEC output cut
Brewer S&N warns of price rises Chinese inflation hits an eleven year high
BBC news audio-visual:
zimbabawe inflation at 66,000%
zimbabwe's "insane" economy
zimbabwe's new note
Wine prices set to rise

podcast about the rise of cost-push inflationary pressure

unit 6 - wto bbc profile

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/2429503.stm

unit 5 - finance and development

the imf has its development magasine at:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2007/12/index.htm

unit 6 - world trade issues facing the wto

you will find an article on the challenges faced by multilateral trade organisations at the following link:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2007/12/pdf/dadush.pdf

also issues relating to the global economy at:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx

unit 5 + unit 6 - ft special reports

the financial times has a selection of special reports (available in full colour pdf) with up to date themes and data:

http://www.ft.com/reports

highlights:

the world in 2008

global travel

africa: oil and gas

africa china trade

india and globalisation

unit 4 - revenue and profit

flash presentations:

profit maximisation - price taker

profit maximisation - price maker

unit 6 - globalisation and international trade

globalisation

international trade

comparative advantage

protectionism

regional trading blocs - an introduction (BBC)

unit 3 - economic growth

the follow presentation relate to the topic of economic growth:

macroeconomics introduction

economic growth

the economic cycle

measuring national income

costs and benefits of growth

The presentations lead into some deeper analysis using the ADAS framework that will be introduced next week. Have a look and think about the model and how it differs from supply and demand at a micro level.