econoMAX 2011/12

The first edition of econoMAX, our digital magazine for AS & A2 Economics teachers and students, is now available to subscribers.  Details of the new articles are provided below.

School / college subscriptions to econoMAX remain at just £50 per year (for the 6th year running!) - your subscription allows whole-school access and distribution of econoMAX articles, including the entire archive dating back to 2004.

You can order your subscription to econoMAX here. 

A sample article from the latest edition can be viewed here

New articles just added to econoMAX:

Marshalling Economics (Mark Seccombe, Queen’s Gate School)

As you prepare for school in the morning – cursing Economics and the textbook you have to drag with you, it might be worth taking a moment to think about who is to blame for the amount of theory it contains. It’s not the author, nor is it Adam Smith and his Classical colleagues, nor even the current hot theorists of economics: Keynes and Hayak.

RWC Multiplied! (Mark Johnston, King’s College, Auckland)

As the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) gets underway there has been huge excitement and expectation amongst the New Zealand population. With home advantage the All Blacks are firm favourites but too often the team has failed to live-up to expectations in the premier rugby event.

Revenues down at East Midlands Airport (Andy Reeve, The Grange School)

East Midlands Airport is located in a triangle formed by the cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. It is owned by the Manchester Airport Group, having been previously owned by National Express.

Austerity or Quantitative Easing (Mark Johnston,King’s College, Auckland)

Recently The Economic Focus column in The Economist had an article that discussed how successful austerity is in generating growth in an economy. Barack Obama said “We have to cut spending we can’t afford so to put the economy on sounder footing and to give our businesses the confidence they need to grow and create jobs”.

Food Inflation – the rush to budget foods (Andy Reeve, The Grange School)

The official level of inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 4.4% in July, up from 4.2% in June. Although the main pressures were from the category called “Miscellaneous goods and services”, although some food stuffs such as fish, fruit and soft drinks did see their prices easing. However, bread and cereals continue to increase in price with a further 1.5% increase between June and July 2011.

Why are so few houses being built? (Geoff Riley, Eton College)

We build on less than per cent of the United Kingdom’s land area and yet a perception remains that Britain is a crowded island with precious spare land left to construct hundreds of thousands of new homes. And we certainly need many more new homes! The UK population is set to grow to around 67.5m by 2020.

Eurozone crisis? Temporary or permanent? (Liz Veal)

It is rare to read anything these days about the Eurozone without the word ‘crisis’ being added. And for once, the press is probably accurate in its assessment. The Euro was born in 1999, when many of the EU countries adopted the single European currency as their own. The UK refused to sign up and many anti-Europeans have been able to feel smug as the cracks in the Eurozone economies have exploded since the credit crunch, though the UK is, by no means, immune to the economic problems that a collapse of the Eurozone would cause, with a substantial proportion of the UK’s exports heading to euro countries

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Government Intervention in the Energy Market [11 Apr 2012]
Football Clubs to Pay for Negative Externalities [11 Apr 2012]
Economics at Easter - econoMAX [25 Mar 2012]
AS and A2 Economics Revision Workshops in Spring 2012 (update) [16 Jan 2012]
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Time for a tax on dogs? [6 Jun 2011]
Lady Gaga and Baby Food! [29 May 2011]
PIIGS on the chopping block? [24 May 2011]
Economics Resources & CPD - Your Suggestions Welcome [9 May 2011]
AQA ECON2 - Rapid Revision Q&A Now Available [3 May 2011]
econoMAX - Easter 2011 Available [20 Apr 2011]
Training Course: ICT in the Economics & Business Classroom 2011 (4 March) [14 Feb 2011]
econoMAX Jan/Feb 2011 [30 Jan 2011]
Global Economy 2011 - Student Conference (London Feb) [23 Jan 2011]
Economics Teacher National Conference 2011 [19 Jan 2011]
A2 Economics Diagram Checklist [7 Jan 2011]
Teach GCSE Economics 2011 - Fresh Ideas for Teaching KS4 Economics [22 Dec 2010]
“Super Saturday” millions [18 Dec 2010]
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econoMAX September 2010 [19 Sep 2010]
teachECON 2010 - What We’ll Cover [6 Jul 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Practice Essay Questions for AQA Unit 3 and Unit 4 [15 May 2010]
Workshop Booklet for AS Economics Revision Days (April 2010) - London & Manchester [3 Apr 2010]
Economics Teacher Forums - Join the tutor2u Community [8 Jul 2009]
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OCR A2 Economics - Unit 2888 Revision Toolkit [21 Mar 2009]
New edition of econoMAX now available - download a sample article [6 Mar 2009]
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