The AS multiple-choice paper (P1) is in two weeks and a popular question is either a subsidy or indirect question. Below is a typical subsidy graph and the question usually asks students to identify a particular area of the graph. I have put some options below with the corresponding area.
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Going over monetary policy with my A2 class and have modified a mind map done by Susan Grant from a CIE Economics Revision Guide. Useful for those who are sitting the June AS and A2 Economics papers.
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With the June exams approaching I thought it appropriate to share some mindmaps. Below shows the definition, policies, costs and benefits of Economic Growth. The costs and benefits of Economic Growth is a common essay question at A2 Level.
A country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of economic activity during a set period of time, normally reported on a quarterly and an annual basis. It is the sum of money values of all final goods and services produced in an economy over a set period. The primary indicator used for tracking economic performance over time is known as real gross domestic product, or real GDP. Real GDP is gross domestic product adjusted for changes in prices.
With the AS Level resits approaching I thought it would be useful to go through this informative video by Phil Holden which covers part of Unit 4 and 6. Can Current Account Deficits cure themselves? Why a depreciating currency might be both a consequence of and a cure for a deficit.
Here is another video from Phil Holden concerning negative externalities. Remember the following:
Externalities are common in virtually all economic activities. They are defined as third party (or spill over) effects arising from the production and/or consumption of goods and services for which no appropriate compensation is paid.
Externalities can cause market failure if the price mechanism does not take into account the full social costs and social benefits of production and consumption. The study of externalities by economists has become extensive in recent years, not least because of concerns about the link between the economy and the environment.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE AND SOCIAL COSTS
Externalities create a divergence between the private and social costs of production.
SOCIAL COST = PRIVATE COST + EXTERNALITY
* Private costs are the costs to a ‘firm of producing a good or service and to an individual of consuming a product.
* External costs are the spill over effects on third parties.
* Social costs are obtained by adding the private and external costs together. They reflect the total cost to society of an economic decision.
Here is a new video presentation by Phil Holden – using a data projector rather than the whiteboard. Excellent for AS Level revision of Market and Planned Economies.
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