Revision: Stakeholders
Introducing the concept of stakeholders can add greatly to the quality of your economic evaluation in answers to essay and data response questions. This revision note looks briefly at the stakeholder concept and some of the issues where it might be relevant in AS and A2 economics questions.
Revision note
Revision_Stakeholders.pdf
The external costs of food waste
Over 4 million apples and over a million and a half bananas are thrown away in Britain every day. This video from Newsnight is excellent on the external costs of the food we throw away - estimated by some to be worth around £8 billion a year. Should we actively encourage food scavengers? What are the strategies we should be adopting to reduce the amount of food thrown away? This is a good topic to use to teach evaluation skills for AS microeconomics.
Policy conflict for the UK economy?
The IMF is forecasting a slowdown in global growth to 3.7% in 2008 and 2009. This is in contrast to recent growth rates of over 5%.
read more...»Revision: Improving Evaluation Skills
This is a revised version of one of our regular resources on tips and strategies for AS and A2 economists to improve their evaluation skills and gain higher marks in their exams.
Revision Note:
Improving_Evaluation_Skills.pdf
