Macroeconomics

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Macroeconomics - introduction
2. 2.1 The level of overall economic activity (notes)
3. 2.1 The level of overall economic activity (questions)
4. Section 2.2 Aggregate demand and supply (notes)
5. Section 2.2 Aggregate demand and supply (simulations and activities)
6. 2.2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply (questions)
7. 2.3 Macroeconomic objectives (notes)
8. Low Unemployment
   1. Low Unemployment
   2. What the data says
   3. The meaning of unemployment
   4. Case study - regional variation
   5. Consequences of unemployment
   6. Case study - tougher for men
   7. Types and causes of unemployment
   8. Disequilibrium unemployment
   9. Equilibrium unemployment
   10. Policies to reduce unemployment
   11. Low and stable inflation
   12. Low and stable inflation (notes)
   13. The meaning and measurement of inflation
   14. A consumer price index
   15. Finding out more about consumer price index weights
   16. Problems with measuring inflation
   17. Inflation - videos
   18. Consequences of inflation
   19. Hyperinflation
   20. The consequences of deflation
   21. Types and causes of inflation: demand-pull inflation
   22. Types and causes of inflation: cost-push inflation
   23. Case Study - car prices in Trinidad
   24. Possible relationships between unemployment and inflation
   25. PlotIT - Phillips curve
   26. Phillips curve - long-run
   27. Natural rate of unemployment
   28. NAIRU
   29. Economic growth
   30. Economic growth (notes)
   31. Causes of economic growth
   32. Economic growth and the PPF (1)
   33. Economic growth and the PPF (2)
   34. Economic growth and the business cycle
   35. Economic growth and the aggregate supply curve
   36. Consequences of economic growth
   37. Equity in the distribution of income
   38. Equity in the distribution of income (notes)
   39. Indicators of income equity
   40. Poverty
   41. The poverty line: An Indicator of Relative poverty
   42. The causes of poverty
   43. The role of taxation in promoting equity
   44. The role of taxation in promoting equity (notes)
   45. Other methods of promoting equity
9. 2.3 Macroeconomic objectives (questions)
10. 2.4 Fiscal policy (notes)
11. 2.4 Fiscal policy (questions)
12. 2.5 Monetary policy (notes)
13. 2.5 Monetary Policy (questions)
14. Section 2.6 Supply-side policies (notes)
15. 2.6 Supply-side policies (questions)
16. Print View

The causes of poverty

Syllabus: Explain possible causes of poverty, including low incomes, unemployment and lack of human capital.

Section 4 of the syllabus considers a number of issues relating to the causes of absolute poverty in developing countries.

As far as the causes of relative poverty in developed countries are concerned, read the following resource provided by Child Poverty Action Group (You can read this in the web window below or follow the previous link to open the site in a new web window).

Syllabus: Explain possible consequences of poverty, including low living standards, and lack of access to health care and education.