Most important pages:
Here is a list of the most important pages to learn on Syllabus Section 2 - Economic Activity -
all other pages (not listed) are designed for wider explanation - use
them only if you feel you need to for further understanding:
Circular Flow of Income
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Description 2.1 Measuring National Income
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Measuring GDP in 3 ways
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Investigating
how to
measure with
problems
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Visual explanation of GDP -BBC Video
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Real and Nominal
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GDP Deflator
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Index Numbers
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Total and per capita
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Problems with NI measures
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Purchasing Power Parity
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Green GDP
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Business Cycle
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Historical Picture
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The Level of Overall Economic Activity - Questions
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Description 2.2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
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Aggregate
Demand and Aggregate Supply -
Introduction
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The Aggregate Demand and Supply Model
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Aggregate Demand - definition and the AD Curve
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Changes in AD - what shifts the position of the AD Curve
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SRAS - Definitions
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SRAS - What shifts the position of the SRAS
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LRAS - Neoclassical
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LRAS - Keynesian 3 stages
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LRAS - Shifting the LRAS Contrasting Neoclassical and Keynesian
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AD changes with neoclassical LRAS |
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LRAS and Full Employment
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Equilibrium SR
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Summary of AS/AD and check your learning
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Summary diagrams of Equilibrium Changes
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Equilibrium in the Long Run - Neoclassical Argument
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Equilibrium in the Long Run - Keynesian Argument
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Inflationary and Deflationary Gaps
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Keynesian Multiplier
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AD/AS Practice
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AD/AS Fun - Drag it etc up to page 67
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AD/AS Questions until Page 73 macroeconomic Questions Essays
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Description 2.3 Objectives Unemployment
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Macroeconomic Objectives - Contents
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Macroeconomic Objectives - Introduction
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Unemployment definitions and explanations
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Regional Variations
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Consequences of Unemployment
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Tougher for men?
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Types and Causes of Unemployment
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Disequilibrium Unemployment
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Equilibrium
Unemployment - Full Employment
Revisited
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Policy on Demand Deficient unemployment
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Description 2.3 Objectives Inflation
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Inflation Contents
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Inflation Introduction
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Distinguish between inflation, disinflation and deflation |
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Consumer Price Index
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CPI Weighting
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Problems of Using a Weighted CPI to measure inflation
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Inflation videos - deeper and wider understanding
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Consequences of inflation
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Hyperinflation
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Consequences of Deflation
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Types
and Causes of Inflation - Demand Pull
Inflation
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Types and Causes of Inflation - Cost Push Inflation
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Description 2.3 Possible relationships between Unemployment and Inflation |
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Short Run Phillips Curve
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Long Run (Expectations Augmented) Phillips Curve
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More on the Natural Rate of Unemployment
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NAIRU
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Description 2.3 Economic Growth
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Economic Growth Contents
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Economic Growth - The Meaning of Economic Growth
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Causes of Economic Growth
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Economic Growth and The PPC (PPF) 1
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Economic Growth and the PPC (PPF) 2
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Economic Growth and the Business Cycle
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Economic Growth and the LRAS Curve
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Investment and Economic Growth and Consequences of Economic Growth
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Description
2.3 Equity in the Distribution of
Income
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Equity in the Distribution of Income - Contents
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The Meaning of Equity in the Distribution of Income
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Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient
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Poverty
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Poverty in Brazil
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Causes of Poverty in Developed World |
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Calculating taxes
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Role of Taxation in Promoting Equity
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Other Methods of Promoting Equity
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Macroeconomic Objectives Questions
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Description 2.4 Fiscal Policy
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Fiscal Policy Contents
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Fiscal Policy Introduction
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Sources of Government Revenue
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Types
of Government
expenditure
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Budget Outcomes
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Demand Management
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Automatic Stabilisers
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Effect on Full Employment
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Evaluating Fiscal Policy
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Fiscal Policy and the Multiplier
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Fiscal Policy and the Accelerator
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Fiscal Policy and Crowding Out
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Fisal Policy Questions
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Description 2.5 Monetary Policy
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Monetary Policy Contents
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Monetary Policy Introduction
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Role of Central Bank
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Interest Rate Determination
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Interest rate and Demand Management - Transmission Mechanism
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Interest rate and Demand Management - more detail
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Monetary Policy and Inflation Targetting
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Evaluating Monetary Policy
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Monetary Policy Questions
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Description
2.6 Supply
Side
Policies
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Supply Side Policies Contents
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Supply Side Policies Introduction
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The Role of Supply Side Policies
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Interventionist Supply Side Policies
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Market Based Supply Side Policies
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Evaluation of Supply Side Policies
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Supply Side Policies Questions
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