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Economics study guides
31 published, listed by title. Topic explanations written to be read once and understood.
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A Level Economics: Basic Economic Ideas and Resource Allocation (Cambridge 9708)
Scarcity and opportunity cost, economic methodology, factors of production, resource allocation systems, production possibility curves, and classification of goods and services – a syllabus map and study guide for Topic 1 of Cambridge AS & A Level Economics 9708, 2026-2028 series.
Economics · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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A Level Economics: Government Microeconomic Intervention (Cambridge 9708)
Why governments intervene in individual markets, the methods used – indirect taxes, subsidies, price controls, buffer stocks, direct provision – and policies to address income and wealth inequality, for Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708.
Economics · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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A Level Economics: The Price System and the Microeconomy (Cambridge 9708)
Demand and supply curves, price/income/cross elasticity, market equilibrium, and consumer and producer surplus – a syllabus map and study guide for Topic 2 of Cambridge AS & A Level Economics 9708, 2026-2028 series.
Economics · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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AQA A-Level Economics: How the Macroeconomy Works (7136)
The circular flow of income, AD/AS analysis, the determinants of aggregate demand (including the accelerator and saving), the multiplier and MPC, and short-run and long-run aggregate supply (including the Keynesian AS curve) – Section 3.2.2 How the macroeconomy works, in Topic 2 of AQA A-Level Economics (7136).
Economics · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Economics: Individuals, Firms, Markets and Market Failure (7136)
Economic methodology, price determination, production and costs, market structures, and market failure and government intervention – a syllabus map and study guide for section 3.1 for AQA A-Level Economics (7136).
Economics · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA A-Level Economics: The Measurement of Macroeconomic Performance (7136)
Government macroeconomic policy objectives, the indicators used to measure economic performance, how index numbers work, and the uses and limitations of national income data – 3.2.1 of AQA A-Level Economics (7136). AS Economics (7135) has the first three parts; uses of national income data (3.2.1.4) is A-level only.
Economics · AQA · A LEVELS
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AQA GCSE Economics: How Markets Work (8136)
A specification map of Paper 1 for AQA GCSE Economics (8136), with in-depth notes on price determination (demand, supply, equilibrium and elasticity), market structures and market failure.
Economics · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Economics: Interest Rates and Government Income and Expenditure (8136)
How interest rates affect consumer and producer decisions, and UK government revenue, spending, and direct versus indirect taxation – 3.2.1.1 and 3.2.1.2 of AQA GCSE Economics (8136), opening Paper 2: How the Economy Works.
Economics · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE Economics: The Economic Objectives of the Government (8136)
Stable prices, economic growth, full employment and the balance of payments – the government's four principal economic objectives, and how pursuing one can undermine another. From section 3.2.2 Government objectives, which follows 3.2.1 (the site's existing guide to Interest Rates and Government Income and Expenditure).
Economics · AQA · GCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE Economics: Microeconomic Decision Makers (0455)
Money and banking, households, workers, trade unions, firms, and market structure – Topic 3 of Cambridge IGCSE Economics (0455), distinct from the site's existing guides to the basic economic problem and the allocation of resources.
Economics · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Edexcel A Level Economics: Markets in Action (WEC11/01)
Introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand, supply, price determination, market failure, and government intervention in markets – a syllabus map and study guide for Unit 1 Markets in action (WEC11/01) for Pearson Edexcel International A Level Economics.
Economics · Pearson Edexcel · AS LEVEL
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Edexcel A-Level Economics: Measuring Economic Growth (WEC12/01)
Real GDP and GNI, adjusting for real/nominal, total/per capita and value/volume, Purchasing Power Parities, recession, and national happiness and wellbeing – the Economic Growth strand of Unit 2 (WEC12/01) in Pearson Edexcel International A-Level Economics.
Economics · Pearson Edexcel · AS LEVEL
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Edexcel IGCSE Economics: The Market System (4EC1)
The economic problem, economic assumptions, demand, supply and market equilibrium, elasticity, the mixed economy, and externalities – a syllabus map and study guide for Topic 1 of Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics (4EC1).
Economics · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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IB Diploma Programme Economics: Syllabus Guide
The four units of the IB Diploma Programme Economics syllabus – Introduction to economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and The global economy – with the real HL-only content marked, for first assessment 2022.
Economics · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Economics: Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium (Unit 2.1-2.3)
Demand, supply and competitive market equilibrium – sub-topics 2.1-2.3 of IB Diploma Programme Economics Unit 2 Microeconomics (35 SL / 70 HL teaching hours), first assessment 2022.
Economics · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Economics: Measuring and Managing the Economy (Unit 3.1–3.3)
Measuring economic activity, aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and macroeconomic objectives – sub-topics 3.1-3.3 of IB Diploma Programme Economics Unit 3 Macroeconomics, first assessment 2022.
Economics · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IGCSE Economics: The Allocation of Resources (Cambridge 0455)
The price mechanism, demand and supply curves, market equilibrium and disequilibrium, price elasticity, market failure and the mixed economy – the full content of Topic 2 for Cambridge IGCSE Economics 0455, 2026 series.
Economics · Cambridge · IGCSE
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IGCSE Economics: The Basic Economic Problem (Cambridge 0455)
Finite resources and unlimited wants, the factors of production, opportunity cost, and production possibility curve diagrams – the full content of Topic 1 for Cambridge IGCSE Economics 0455, 2026 series.
Economics · Cambridge · IGCSE
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O Level Economics: Microeconomic Decision Makers (Cambridge 2281)
Money and banking, household spending decisions, wage determination, trade unions, and firms' growth, costs, revenue and market structure – the full content of Topic 3 for Cambridge O Level Economics 2281, 2026 series.
Economics · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level Economics: The Allocation of Resources (Cambridge 2281)
Demand and supply curves, market equilibrium and disequilibrium, price changes, PED and PES, market failure, and the market and mixed economic systems – a walk through all eleven sub-sections of Topic 2 in Cambridge O Level Economics 2281, for the 2026 series.
Economics · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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OCR A Level Economics: Macroeconomics (H460)
Aggregate demand and supply, economic policy objectives, implementing policy, the global context, and the financial sector – a syllabus map and study guide for Component 2, Macroeconomics, for OCR A Level Economics (H460).
Economics · OCR · A LEVELS
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OCR A-Level Economics: Microeconomics (H460)
Introduction to microeconomics, the role of markets, business objectives, market structures, and the labour market – a syllabus map of all of Component 1 for OCR A-Level Economics (H460), with study notes on its core topics.
Economics · OCR · A LEVELS
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OCR GCSE Economics: Introduction to Economics (J205)
Main economic groups and factors of production, and the basic economic problem – Topic 1 of Component 01 for OCR GCSE Economics (J205).
Economics · OCR · GCSE
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OCR GCSE Economics: The Role of Markets and Money (J205)
Markets, demand, supply, price, competition, production, the labour market and the role of money – a map of the eight sub-topics of Topic 2 for OCR GCSE (9-1) Economics (J205), Component 01, with core explanations and worked calculations.
Economics · OCR · GCSE
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OxfordAQA A-Level Economics: The Measurement of Macroeconomic Performance (9640)
Government macroeconomic policy objectives, the indicators (including the Gini coefficient) used to measure economic performance, and how index numbers work – 3.2.1 of OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Economics (9640).
Economics · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA IGCSE Economics: Government Objectives (9214)
Economic growth, employment, inflation, the balance of payments and income distribution – the government's core economic objectives and the conflicts between them, for OxfordAQA International GCSE Economics (9214).
Economics · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Economics: The Operation of Markets, Market Failure and the Role of Government (9640)
The economic problem and methodology, how markets work, production, costs, revenue and profit, competitive and concentrated markets, and market failure and government intervention – the full content of Topic 1 for OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Economics (9640).
Economics · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA International GCSE Economics: How Markets Work (9214)
Economic foundations, resource allocation, price determination, production and costs, market structures, and market failure – the full content of Topic 1 for OxfordAQA International GCSE Economics (9214).
Economics · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Economics: Business Competition, the Labour Market and Government Intervention (4EC1)
Monopoly and oligopoly, the demand and supply of labour, and how governments intervene in markets and the labour market – sub-topics 1.2.4-1.2.6 of Topic 2 Business Economics, Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics (4EC1).
Economics · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Economics: Production and Business Costs (4EC1)
The factors of production, productivity and division of labour, and costs, revenue and economies of scale – sub-topics 1.2.1-1.2.3 of Topic 2 Business Economics, Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics (4EC1).
Economics · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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The Basic Economic Problem
Finite resources and unlimited wants, economic and free goods, the factors of production, opportunity cost, and production possibility curve (PPC) diagrams, for Cambridge O Level Economics 2281.
Economics · Cambridge · O LEVELS