Cambridge International AS and A Level Economics Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years) (4th Edition)

Description

This series supports teachers and learners of Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics (9708).

Introduce your learners to the world of economics with the fourth edition of our Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics series. Featuring a coursebook with digital access, digital coursebook, workbook with digital access and digital teacher’s resource, your students will gain a clear understanding of how economics operates on an international scale, while developing key skills, such as analysis and evaluation.

Key Features

• ‘Getting started with’ chapter supports student transition from IGCSE™ to AS & A Level
• ‘Economics in context’ & ‘Think like an Economist’ features apply lessons to real-life scenarios, engaging learners in their studies
• Essay writing activities build key skills, including analysis and evaluation
• Key terms, key concepts and command words are defined for quick revision and support English as a second language learners
• Preparing for assessment chapter, including sample mark schemes, helps learners prepare for their examinations
• Mixture of local and global case studies ensures content is relevant to all learners and encourages an interest in the subject
• Find your notes quickly and easily with highlights and bookmarks
• Simple and easy to use, you can link directly into Cambridge GO from Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard and any other VLE. You can also access all of your Cambridge resources anytime, anywhere and create your own collection in ‘My Resources’

Table of Contents

1. How to use this series
2. How to use this book
3. Introduction
4. Getting started with AS & A Level Economics
5. Introducing command words
6. Basic economic ideas and resource allocation (AS Level)
7. Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
8. Economic methodology
9. Factors of production
10. Resource allocation in different economic systems
11. Production possibility curves
12. Classification of goods and services
13. End-of-unit exam-style questions
14. The price system and the micro economy (AS Level)
15. Demand and supply curves
16. Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross-elasticities of demand
17. Price elasticity of supply
18. The interaction of demand and supply
19. Consumer and producer surplus
20. End-of-unit exam-style questions
21. Government microeconomic intervention (AS Level)
22. Reasons for government interventions in markets
23. Methods and effects of government interventions in markets
24. Addressing income and wealth inequality
25. End-of-unit exam-style questions
26. The macro economy (AS Level)
27. National income statistics
28. Introduction to the circular flow of income
29. Aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate supply (AS) analysis
30. Economic growth
31. Unemployment
32. Price stability
33. End-of-unit exam-style questions
34. Government macroeconomic intervention (AS Level)
35. Government macroeconomic policy objectives
36. Fiscal policy
37. Monetary policy
38. Supply-side policy
39. End-of-unit exam-style questions
40. International economic issues (AS Level)
41. The reasons for international trade
42. Protectionism
43. Current account of the balance of payments
44. Exchange rates
45. Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments
46. End-of-unit exam-style questions
47. The price system and the micro economy (A Level)
48. Utility
49. Indifference curves and budget lines
50. Efficiency and market failure
51. Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits
52. Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production
53. Different market structures
54. Growth and survival of firms
55. Differing objectives and policies of firms
56. End-of-unit exam-style questions
57. Government microeconomic intervention (A Level)
58. Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure
59. Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
60. Labour market forces and government intervention
61. End-of-unit exam-style questions
62. The macro economy (A Level)
63. The circular flow of income
64. Economic growth and sustainability
65. Employment and unemployment
66. Money and banking
67. End-of-unit exam-style questions
68. Government macroeconomic issues (A Level)
69. Government macroeconomic policy objectives
70. Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness
71. Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives
72. End-of-unit exam-style questions
73. International economic issues (A Level)
74. Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments
75. Exchange rates
76. Economic development
77. Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
78. Relationship between countries at different levels of development
79. Globalisation
80. End-of-unit exam-style questions
81. Preparing for assessment
82. Glossary
83. Appendix: Formulae
84. Index.