This comprehensive and engaging text, developed in cooperation with the IB, follows the new curriculum for assessment in 2022. With accessible, engaging lessons students will actively relate economics to real-world issues and the global economy. The international examples and case studies encourage students to analyse economics in terms of present-day challenges and concerns.
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Für Grundschule und weiterführende Schule
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Höhe: 227 mm
Breite: 222 mm
Dicke: 27 mm
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978-1-382-02022-0 (9781382020220)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction 1 What is economics? 2 The evolution of economic thinking3 Demand 4 A closer look at demand: Elasticity of demand5 Supply 6 A closer look at supply: Price elasticity of supply 7 Market equilibrium, the price mechanism and market efficiency 8 Methods of Government intervention in markets9 Market failure 10 Rational producer behaviour 11 Market power: Perfect competition and monopolistic competition 12 Market power: Monopoly and oligopoly 13 The level of overall economic activity14 Aggregate demand 15 Aggregate supply 16 Macroeconomic equilibrium17 Demand management (demand-side policies) 18 Supply-side policies 19 Macroeconomic objectives: Low unemployment 20 Macroeconomic objectives: Low and stable rate of inflation 21 Macroeconomic objectives: Economic growth 22 Economics of inequality and poverty23 Why do countries trade? 24 Free trade and protectionism 25 Economic integration 26 Exchange rates 27 The balance of payments 28 Economic development and sustainable development 29 Measuring economic progress 30 Barriers to development 31 Strategies to promote economic growth and economic development32 Assessment adviceIndex
