Product Description
DIGITAL - Economics for the IB Diploma Digital Coursebook (2 Years) 2Ed
Author(s): Ellie Tragakes
Format: Digital
This Cambridge Elevate edition provides coverage of the Economics for the IB Diploma syllabus at both standard and higher level.
Written by a highly experienced author and developed in association with teachers, it provides an international perspective and in-depth coverage of all four sections of the syllabus. Designed for class use and independent study, this digital resource presupposes no background knowledge and offers clear explanations of economic concepts using accessible language.
Features:
Personalise Cambridge Elevate editions to your needs – set homework, link to the web and share annotations with your class.
International case studies help students apply their knowledge to real-life economic scenarios.
Exam-style questions allow students to prepare thoroughly for their examinations.
Accompanying documents containing advice on revision, quantitative techniques and further exam practice are available for download throughout the text.
Accessible language written with international learners in mind.
Customised text sizes and fonts to fit any screen, and readable on the majority of free-reading software tools.
Tailored to the Economics for the IB Diploma syllabus for first examination in 2013.
Formative assessment in the form of self-assessment questions throughout each chapter allow learners to track their progress through the course.
Simple and easy to use, link directly into Cambridge Elevate from Moodle, Blackboard and any other VLE.
Access a library of Cambridge books anywhere, anytime whether online or offline (via the app). For more information, please visit elevate.cambridge.org/support.
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Contents:
Introduction to the student and teacher
Introduction
1. The foundations of economics
Section 1. Microeconomics: 2. Competitive markets: demand and supply
3. Elasticities
4. Government intervention
5. Market failure
6. The theory of the firm I: production, costs, revenues and profit
7. The theory of the firm II: market structures
Section 2. Macroeconomics:
8. The level of overall economic activity
9. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
10. Macroeconomic objectives I: low unemployment, low and stable rate of inflation
11. Macroeconomic objectives II: economic growth and equity in the distribution of income
12. Demand-side and supply-side policies
Section 3. International Economics:
13. International trade
14. Exchange rates and the balance of payments
15. Economic integration and the terms of trade
Section 4. Development Economics:
16. Understanding economic development
17. Topics in economic development
18. Foreign sources of finance and foreign debt
19. Consequences of economic growth and the balance between markets and intervention
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements.
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