Economics

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LSE Economics Society Essay Competition 2019

Geoff Riley

21st June 2019

Here are details of the 2019 LSE Economics Society essay competition for A Level students. The closing date for entries is the 1st of August.

All of the entry details can be found here

Questions

"We as a nation, lost $817 billion dollars on trade. That’s ridiculous and it’s unacceptable." -President Donald Trump. Do you agree that a trade deficit is always harmful to a country's economy?
"If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid." - John Maynard Keynes.Do you agree with Keynes? Justify your answer.
Should governments bail out banks that go bankrupt?
Recently, there have been proposals to introduce a 3-day weekend. To what extent is this economically feasible and would this benefit the economy?

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

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