
AQA AS Economics
Ray Powell(Author)
Philip Allan Updates (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 30. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4441-9558-3 (ISBN)
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Description
Providing insights into the impact of the financial crisis and the major challenges facing the global economy, this textbook ensures you understand exactly what is required at AS. - Show you are up to date with the rapidly changing economic world: new and updated case studies will help you analyse, evaluate and improve your exam answers - Feel confident in your revision and exam skills: you can practise and perfect answering questions throughout the book and exam-style questions (with answers and commentaries) online at www.hodderplus.co.uk/philipallan - Ensure you can explain key economics concepts and issues accurately and effectively: learn the key terms throughout the text and in the new end-of-unit glossaries
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Full colour illustrations and photos
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-9558-3 (9781444195583)
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AQA A-level Economics Book 1
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Ray Powell is an experienced senior examiner and author of the companion AQA A2 Economics 2nd edition textbook (9781444195606) and of the AQA Economics Student Unit Guides and Workbooks, also published by Philip Allan.
Content
Introduction Chapter 1: What is economics and what do economists do? Chapter 2: The economic problem UNIT 1: Markets and market failure Chapter 3: The demand for goods and services Chapter 4: The supply of goods and services Chapter 5: Bringing demand and supply together in a competitive market Chapter 6: Elasticity Chapter 7: Markets at work Chapter 8: Production, specialisation and exchange Chapter 9: Introducing market failures Chapter 10: Private goods, public goods and externalities Chapter 11: Merit goods and demerit goods Chapter 12: Monopoly and other market failures Chapter 13: Government intervention in the economy Chapter 14: Government price controls and the problem of government failure UNIT 2: The national economy Chapter 15: Introducing macroeconomics Chapter 16: The objectives of macroeconomic policy Chapter 17: Economic growth and the economic cycle Chapter 18: Aggregate demand and the circular flow of income Chapter 19: The aggregate demand and aggregate supply macroeconomic model Chapter 20: Full employment and unemployment Chapter 21: Price stability and inflation Chapter 22: The balance of payments Chapter 23: Managing the economy: monetary policy Chapter 24: Managing the economy: fiscal policy Chapter 25: Managing the economy: supply-side economics and supply-side policies Index