Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Happy New Year

It will be worse than 2011.

The best we can hope for is a lost decade.

Cheerful forecast from Stephanie Flanders for the new year on Radio 4 Today programme: click here.

Good independent study tip is to look at the play list of the Today programme and select a short Economics audio clip: click here for BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

A2 Improving your Evaluative skills

Excellent tips from Tutor2u: click here.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Christmas Homework AS & A2

For AS students and resits please answer Q2 from June 2007 - click the link here: June 07 ECON 2
AS students - revise all of term 1 and 2 work for multiple choice test.

A2 Macro Fiscal Question complete essay question - click link here: 3 June 2010

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Economics debate - Weds 14 Dec Training Room 12.40

Topic for discussion: The Eurozone has a trade crisis not a debt crisis.
Source: Martin Wolf - Financial Times - Weds 7 December. Subscribe for free.

Also worth a look for charts: Confessions of a dangerous mind

Monday, 5 December 2011

Has the UK's tax system become more progressive?

Interesting article on the VAT rise - good possible exam question for AS and A2 - click here: Tax research UK

Friday, 2 December 2011