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About this course
The course is organised into a series of "Weeks" each of which focuses on a core topic area from Year 12.
Who it's for
All students studying for an A-Level Economics qualification.
Course series
Course outline
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                                Overview of Week 1
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                                Basic Microeconomic Principles (1)
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                                Factors of Production - Connection Wall Activity
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                                Positive and Normative Statements - Swipe It Activity
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                                UK Entrepreneurs - Trapdoor Activity
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                                Basic Microeconomic Principles (2)
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                                Production Possibility Curves
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                                Production Possibility Curves Quiz
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                                Economic Agents and Assumptions
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                                Economics Basic Building Blocks Review Quiz - MCQ Activity
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                                Links to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 2
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                                Demand
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                                Demand - Bingo Quiz
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                                Supply
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                                Supply Quiz
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                                Supply Curves - Trapdoor Activity
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                                Market Equilibrium
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                                Market Equilibrium - 54321 Review Quiz
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                                Shifts in Demand and Supply Curves - MCQ Activity
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                                More Diagrams!
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                                Double Diagrams - Connection Wall Quiz
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                                Complements and Substitutes - Concentration Game Activity
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                                Link to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 3
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                                Introduction to Elasticity
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                                Percentage Change Practice Quiz
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                                Price Elasticity of Demand
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                                Price Elasticity of Demand True of False Quiz
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                                Price Elasticity of Demand and Revenue - Calculation Activity
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                                Income Elasticity of Demand
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                                Price and income elasticity - Match Up Activity
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                                Cross Elasticity of Demand
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                                Price Elasticity of Supply
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                                Price Elasticity of Supply - Categorise Activity
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                                Elasticities Bingo Quiz
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                                Elasticities - Clear the Deck Activity
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                                Link to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 4
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                                What is Market Failure?
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                                Public Goods
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                                Public Goods - 54321 Quiz
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                                Externalities
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                                Externalities - Red Herring Quiz
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                                Information Failure
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                                Asymmetric Information - Categorise Activity
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                                Market Failure Review - Bubble Quiz
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                                Other Types of Market Failure
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                                Immobility of Labour - Swipe It Activity
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                                Market Failure Review - Scrambled Sentences Quiz
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                                Market Failure - Concentration Game Activity
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                                Links to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 5
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                                Indirect Tax
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                                Taxation - 60 Second Challenge
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                                Indirect Taxes in the UK - Match Up Activity
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                                Subsidies
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                                Subsidies - Scrambled Sentences Quiz
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                                Max and Min Prices
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                                Maximum Prices - Trapdoor Quiz
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                                Pollution Permits
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                                Permits - 60 Second Challenge
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                                Information Provision
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                                Government Public Information Films - Information Video Activity
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                                Direct Government Provision
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                                Regulation
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                                Alternative Policies to Combat Market Failure - Question Grid Quiz
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                                Links to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 6
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                                Introduction to Macroeconomic Objectives
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                                Measuring the Economy - Question Grid Quiz
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                                Economic Growth (Part 1)
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                                Economic Growth (Part 2)
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                                Converting Between Real and Nominal Numbers
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                                Economic Growth - Bingo Quiz
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                                Inflation
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                                Inflation - Conveyor Belt Quiz
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                                Items in the Basket of Goods used to calculate UK inflation (2020) - Categorise Activity
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                                Employment and Unemployment
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                                Unemployment - 54321 Quiz
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                                Economic Inactivity by UK Region - Higher or Lower Activity
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                                Trade
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                                Link to Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 7
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                                Circular Flow of Income
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                                Circular Flow - 54321 activity
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                                Circular Flow of Income - Match Up Activity
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                                Introduction to Aggregate Demand
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                                Components of Aggregate Demand
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                                Factors impacting Aggregate Demand - Categorise Activity
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                                Neoclassical Aggregate Supply
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                                Keynesian Aggregate Supply
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                                Aggregate Supply Curves: multiple choice activity
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                                Macroeconomic equilibrium
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                                The multiplier and the accelerator
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                                Macroeconomic models in Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 8
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                                Outline of macroeconomic policies
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                                Policy Options: Cube Activity
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                                Fiscal Policy: Introduction
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                                Fiscal Policy: Introductory Quizzes
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                                Economic Cycle - Match Up Activity
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                                Fiscal Policy: Analysis Activity
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                                Fiscal Policy: More Theory
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                                Fiscal Policy: Question Grid Activity
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                                Evaluating Fiscal Policy
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                                Introduction to Monetary Policy
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                                Monetary Policy: More Detail
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                                Monetary Policy: 54321 Activity
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                                Monetary Policy: MCQ Activity
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                                Interest Rates and International Trade Flow Chart - Match Up Activity
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                                Evaluating Monetary Policy
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                                Demand Side Policies in Year 13
 
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                                Overview of Week 9
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                                Supply Side Policies: Key Terms
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                                Supply Side Policies: Introduction
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                                Supply Side Policies - File Away Activity
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                                Supply Side Policies: Review Quizzes
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                                Evaluating Supply Side Policies
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                                Evaluating Supply Side Policies: 54321 Activity
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                                Supply Side Policies: MCQ Activity
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                                Short Run Phillips Curve
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                                Supply Side Policies and Year 13
 
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Hosts
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                                                                                                    Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible for teachers and students.
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                                                                                                    Peter McGinn
Peter is an experienced Business & Economics HOD, teacher and examiner.
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                                                                                                    Cathy Williams
Cathy is an experienced Head of Department and ex-Treasury economist. She is the author of many Tutor2U resources and a regular contributor to Economics Today. Alongside, Cathy also specialises in producing and delivering a wide range of careers and work related resources and programmes.
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                                                                                                    Geoff Riley
Geoff is co-founder of tutor2u and highly experienced Economics teacher, examiner and author. Geoff is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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                                                                                                    Jon Clark
Jon is an experienced Economics and Business teacher, author and presenter. Jon also leads tutor2u's innovative work in online teaching and learning.