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

1. "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?
2. "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.
3. Should governments bail out banks that go bankrupt?
4. Recently, there have been proposals to introduce a 3-day weekend. To what extent is this economically feasible and would this benefit the economy?