Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics Workbook with Digital Access (2 Years) 2nd Edition

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Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics Workbook with Digital Access (2 Years)

Edition:

2nd Edition

Author:

Colin Bamford

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ISBN:

9781108822794

This series supports teachers and learners of Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics (9708).

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Take your learners’ studies beyond the coursebook with our new Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics workbook. Ideal for refining skills, this workbook help learners solidify their knowledge and practise what they have learnt, with worked examples and a wide selection of activities.

Features

Key skills and scaffolded exam-style activities allow learners to practise what they have learnt in the coursebook
Worked examples offer step-by-step guidance and are ideal for revision
Tip boxes and grouped key terms provide extra support for English as a second language learners
‘Improve this answer’ activity helps learners develop evaluation skills and understand what a ‘good’ answer looks like

Contents

How to use this book
Introduction
Introducing command words
Unit 1
Basic economic ideas and resource allocation (AS Level)
1 Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
2 Economic methodology
3 Factors of production
4 Resource allocation in different economic systems
5 Production possibility curves
6 Classification of goods and services
Unit 2
The price system and the micro economy (AS Level)
7 Demand and supply curves
8 Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross-elasticities of demand
9 Price elasticity of supply
10 The interaction of demand and supply
11 Consumer and producer surplus
Unit 3
Government microeconomic intervention (AS Level)
12 Reasons for government interventions in markets
13 Methods and effects of government interventions in markets
14 Addressing income and wealth inequality
Unit 4
The macro economy (AS Level)
15 National income statistics
16 Introduction to the circular flow of income
17 Aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate supply (AS) analysis
18 Economic growth
19 Unemployment
20 Price stability
Unit 5
Government macroeconomic intervention (AS Level)
21 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
22 Fiscal policy
23 Monetary policy
24 Supply-side policy
Unit 6
International economic issues (AS Level)
25 The reasons for international trade
26 Protectionism
27 Current account of the balance of payments
28 Exchange rates
29 Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments
Unit 7
The price system and the micro economy (A Level)
30 Utility
31 Indifference curves and budget lines
32 Efficiency and market failure
33 Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits
34 Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production
35 Different market structures
36 Growth and survival of firms
37 Differing objectives and policies of firms
Unit 8
Government microeconomic intervention (A Level)
38 Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure
39 Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
40 Labour market forces and government intervention
Unit 9
The macro economy (A Level)
41 The circular flow of income
42 Economic growth and sustainability
43 Employment and unemployment
44 Money and banking
Unit 10
Government macroeconomic issues (A Level)
45 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
46 Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness
47 Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives
Unit 11
International economic issues (A Level)
48 Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments
49 Exchange rates
50 Economic development
51 Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
52 Relationship between countries at different levels of development
53 Globalisation
Acknowledgements.