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IGCSE Class 9-10 - Economics Notes
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Market economic system | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on the market economic system covering the price mechanism, advantages, disadvantages and opportunity cost for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
27 min read →Fiscal policy | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on fiscal policy covering government budgets, spending, taxation, and budget deficits for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
26 min read →Population | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Population covering birth and death rates, net migration, optimum population and population pyramids for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
27 min read →Firms and production | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Class 10 Economics notes on Firms and production: A firm is an organisation that combines inputs to make goods or services that it can sell.
24 min read →Monetary policy | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on monetary policy covering money supply, interest rate, money supply and exchange rate tools, and macroeconomic aims for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
23 min read →Households | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Households explain how income, the rate of interest and confidence shape spending, saving and borrowing for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
23 min read →Workers | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Workers covering occupation choice, wage determination, earnings differentials and division of labour for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
33 min read →The role of markets in allocating resources | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Economics notes on the role of markets: buyers and sellers, equilibrium and disequilibrium, and how the price mechanism decides what, how and for whom.
28 min read →Globalisation, free trade and protection | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on globalisation, MNCs, free trade and protection: tariffs, quotas, subsidies, embargoes, why countries protect and with what effect, for IGCSE.
24 min read →Employment and unemployment | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on employment and unemployment: definitions, changing patterns, measurement, types, consequences and policies to reduce it, for IGCSE Economics.
20 min read →Current account of balance of payments | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on the current account: its components, calculating deficits and surpluses, causes, consequences and policies for stability, for IGCSE Economics.
23 min read →The macroeconomic aims of government | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on the macroeconomic aims of government: growth, employment, stable prices, balance of payments and redistribution, and their conflicts, for IGCSE.
22 min read →Supply-side policy | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on supply-side policy: education, labour market reform, lower direct taxes, deregulation, incentives and privatisation, and the macro aims, for IGCSE.
16 min read →Poverty | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on poverty: absolute and relative poverty, its causes, and policies from growth and education to benefits, progressive tax and minimum wage, for IGCSE.
19 min read →Living standards | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on living standards: real GDP per head and the HDI, their components and limits, and why living standards differ, for IGCSE Economics.
20 min read →International specialisation | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on international specialisation: why countries specialise, and its advantages and disadvantages for consumers, firms and the economy, for IGCSE.
17 min read →Differences in economic development between countries | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on why economic development differs between countries: income, productivity, population, sectors, saving, education and health, for IGCSE.
25 min read →The role of government | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Class 10 Economics notes on The role of government: A market economy, left alone and does not always produce outcomes that a society wants.
24 min read →Microeconomics and macroeconomics | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on microeconomics and macroeconomics explain how the two branches differ, their decision makers and aggregate variables, for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
15 min read →Price elasticity of demand (PED) | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on price elasticity of demand covering its formula, interpretation, determinants, demand curve shapes and revenue link for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
27 min read →Economic growth | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on economic growth covering real GDP, GDP per head, recession and the PPC, causes, costs, benefits and growth policies for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
29 min read →Price elasticity of supply (PES) | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on price elasticity of supply including definitions, calculations, determinants and diagrams for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
27 min read →Foreign exchange rates | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on foreign exchange rates covering determination, causes and consequences of fluctuations, and floating versus fixed systems for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
25 min read →Inflation and deflation | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on inflation and deflation covering their causes, consequences and control policies for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
21 min read →Market structure | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on competitive and monopoly market structure cover price, quality, choice and profit for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
21 min read →Firms | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Firms covering sectors, small firms, growth, mergers and economies of scale for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
18 min read →Trade unions | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on trade unions cover collective bargaining, protecting jobs, bargaining strength, and the pros and cons of unions for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
22 min read →Money and banking | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on money and banking cover the forms, functions and characteristics of money and the roles of central and commercial banks for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
18 min read →Mixed economic system | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on mixed economic systems cover market failure, price controls, taxes, subsidies, regulation and privatisation for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
24 min read →Market failure | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on market failure cover public, merit and demerit goods, external costs and benefits, monopoly power and factor immobility for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
26 min read →Price changes | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Price changes covering market equilibrium and shifts in demand and supply for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
18 min read →Price determination | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on price determination covering market equilibrium, excess demand and supply, shortages, surpluses and demand/supply shifts for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
18 min read →Supply | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Supply covering the supply curve, extensions and contractions, individual and market supply, and conditions of supply for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
21 min read →Demand | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on Demand cover the demand curve, extensions and contractions, individual versus market demand, and the conditions of demand for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
21 min read →Production possibility curve (PPC) | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
Notes on the production possibility curve cover its shape, points inside, on and beyond it, opportunity cost and shifts for IGCSE Class 10 Economics.
20 min read →Opportunity cost | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Economics notes on Opportunity Cost: the next best alternative forgone, scarcity, and how opportunity cost affects consumers, workers and producers.
29 min read →The factors of production | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Class 10 Economics notes on The factors of production: factors of production, land, labour, capital, enterprise and factor rewards.
28 min read →The nature of the economic problem | IGCSE Class 10 Economics Notes
IGCSE Economics notes on the Nature of the Economic Problem: finite resources and unlimited wants, choice for each group, and economic and free goods.
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