Edexcel A level Economics A Book 1

by PeterSmith (Author)

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  Paperback
  2015

  $45.64

  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 practice questions

  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 and 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 Measures of economic performance: inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments
  - Chapter 11 Aggregate demand
  - Chapter 12 Aggregate supply
  - Chapter 13 National income and macroeconomic equilibrium
  - Chapter 14 Economic growth
  - Chapter 15 Macroeconomic policy objectives
  - Chapter 16 Macroeconomic policies
  Theme 2 key terms
  Theme 2 practice questions
  Index