Year 13 cover work Monday 7 March

Study the following powerpoint on International Competitiveness from tutor2u:

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/international-competitiveness



Research for an LEDC, Emerging Economy and Advanced country (OECD) their international competitiveness.

Plan then answer the following exam style question:

a) Discuss the international competitiveness of countries in the global economy (20 marks)
b) Discuss measures a government, in a developing country, would be able to take to improve the international competitiveness of their economy. (30 marks)

13EC: International trade graphics

World's leading visualisation engine for international trade data. Some good graphics here to get quickly to grips with developing, emerging or advanced countries data plus product markets for example which country is the world's leading exporter of gold:


http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/

13EC: Development - The Primary Curse

Another great Tutor2u resource here this time focussing on primary product dependency - a blessing or a curse:

http://www.slideshare.net/tutor2u/economics-of-the-natural-resource-trap

Year 13: Development - Stuck in the middle

Great resource here for case studies and evaluative thinking on growth and development:

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/unit-4-macro-economic-growth-investment-and-the-middle-income-trap

Year 13 Essay Skills

Using the levels approach and the following video - assess your recent essay on Globalisation:

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/a2-macro-exam-skills-globalisation-question

My Revision Notes...Economics online guide

Useful link here to the new (2015) and old A Level:

http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/myrevisionnotesdownloads

Banking reform: are we nearly there yet?

Banking reform: are we nearly there yet?
Seven years on from the crisis, how far have banking systems been reformed? John Vickers will review the economics behind the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Banking, which he chaired in 2010-11, and review progress since.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1531242910538887/

Year 13 and 12 Cherwell students - confirm your place on this talk please email me by 3pm on Monday Feb 1st.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING NOT A SCHOOL TRIP.

Over the course of his career Sir John Vickers has held positions ranging from Chief Economist at the Bank of England to Director General of the Office of Fair Trading. In 2010 he became Chair of the Independent Commission on Banking and a year later made important recommendations such as ring fencing retail from investment banking. He is currently Warden of All Souls College, Oxford and a senior lecturer teaching the Introductory Macroeconomics course.