economics and social research council

economic and social research council

get to know this organisation well. they provide most of the funding for post graduate research in social science in the UK

remember to pick up a copy of their "Britain in 2008 - The State of the Nation" for the latest trends to impress the examiner. £3.95 in WHS and other good bookshops as they say...

general discussion on economics issues

check out this comprehensive website covering new thinking in economics:

http://www.voxeu.org/

unit 6 - economics of globalisation

an introductory presentation is available at the following link:

the economics of globalisation

revision - tutor2u revision maps

tutor2u has unit summaries in pdf form that link in to their presentations. This is a vey useful resources to check and structure you revision plans:

AS
unit 1 - how markets work

unit 2 - why markets fail

unit 3 - managing the economy

A2
unit 4 - industrial economics

unit 5 - development economics (you'll have to design your own!)

unit 6 - the uk and the global economy

unit 5 - india and globalisation

special report on the Finanical Times:

India and Globalisation

unit 3 - macroeconomics trade offs

a final presenation on the complications of macroeconomic policy

unit 4 - industrial economics introduction

structure conduct performance model

presentation on the objectives of the firm

unit 2 - negative externalities of traffic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7210000/newsid_7213500/7213593.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=7213593&bbcws=1

unit 3 - macro profile of the us economy

you will find a very uptodate profile of the US economy:

unit 4 - office of fair trading

this link is a pdf looking at the role of the OFT in protecting the consumer's interest:

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/consumer_protection/oft964.pdf

home page of the Office of Fair Trading:

http://www.oft.gov.uk