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Book Synopsis

Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Economics
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

Develop your students'' knowledge of themes 1 and 2 of the Edexcel specification and put theory into context with focused case studies and practice activities.

Maximise their potential in Edexcel A level Economics A with this Edexcel-endorsed textbook, which includes topic-by-topic guidance from Peter Smith:

- Keep your students'' up to date with the rapidly changing world: new exciting case studies will help them analyse and evaluate
- Build their quantitative skills with worked examples and practice activities throughout the book
- Ensure they can explain key economic concepts and issues accurately and effectively:
learn the key terms throughout the text and in the theme-by-theme glossaries
- Feel confident in their exam skills: put what they learn into practice with activities and pract

Table of Contents

  • THEME 1: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE
    • Chapter 1: The nature of economics
    • Chapter 2: The nature of demand
    • Chapter 3: The nature of supply
    • Chapter 4: How markets work: price determination
    • Chapter 5: How markets work: the price mechanism in action
    • Chapter 6: Market failure: externalities
    • Chapter 7: Market failure: public goods and information gaps
    • Chapter 8: Government intervention and government failure
    • Theme 1: key terms
    • Theme 1: practice questions
  • THEME 2: THE UK ECONOMY - PERFORMANCE AND POLICIES
    • Chapter 9: Measures of economic performance: economic growth
    • Chapter 10: Aggregate demand
    • Chapter 11: Aggregate supply
    • Chapter 12: National income and macroeconomic equilibrium
    • Chapter 13: Economic growth
    • Chapter 14: Macroeconomic policy objectives
    • Chapter 15: Macroeconomic policies
    • Theme 2: key terms
    • Theme 2: practice questions

Edexcel A level Economics A Book 1

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      Publisher: Hodder Education
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9781471830006, 978-1471830006
      ISBN10: 1471830004
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Exam Board: Edexcel
      Level: AS/A-level
      Subject: Economics
      First Teaching: September 2015
      First Exam: June 2016

      Develop your students'' knowledge of themes 1 and 2 of the Edexcel specification and put theory into context with focused case studies and practice activities.

      Maximise their potential in Edexcel A level Economics A with this Edexcel-endorsed textbook, which includes topic-by-topic guidance from Peter Smith:

      - Keep your students'' up to date with the rapidly changing world: new exciting case studies will help them analyse and evaluate
      - Build their quantitative skills with worked examples and practice activities throughout the book
      - Ensure they can explain key economic concepts and issues accurately and effectively:
      learn the key terms throughout the text and in the theme-by-theme glossaries
      - Feel confident in their exam skills: put what they learn into practice with activities and pract

      Table of Contents

      • THEME 1: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE
        • Chapter 1: The nature of economics
        • Chapter 2: The nature of demand
        • Chapter 3: The nature of supply
        • Chapter 4: How markets work: price determination
        • Chapter 5: How markets work: the price mechanism in action
        • Chapter 6: Market failure: externalities
        • Chapter 7: Market failure: public goods and information gaps
        • Chapter 8: Government intervention and government failure
        • Theme 1: key terms
        • Theme 1: practice questions
      • THEME 2: THE UK ECONOMY - PERFORMANCE AND POLICIES
        • Chapter 9: Measures of economic performance: economic growth
        • Chapter 10: Aggregate demand
        • Chapter 11: Aggregate supply
        • Chapter 12: National income and macroeconomic equilibrium
        • Chapter 13: Economic growth
        • Chapter 14: Macroeconomic policy objectives
        • Chapter 15: Macroeconomic policies
        • Theme 2: key terms
        • Theme 2: practice questions

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