Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Economics
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

Develop your students' knowledge of themes 1 and 2 of the Edexcel specification and put theory into context with focused case studies and practice activities.

Maximise their potential in Edexcel A level Economics A with this Edexcel-endorsed textbook, which includes topic-by-topic guidance from Peter Smith:

- Keep your students' up to date with the rapidly changing world: new exciting case studies will help them analyse and evaluate
- Build their quantitative skills with worked examples and practice activities throughout the book
- Ensure they can explain key economic concepts and issues accurately and effectively:
learn the key terms throughout the text and in the theme-by-theme glossaries
- Feel confident in their exam skills: put what they learn into practice with activities and practice questions

Contents

Theme 1 Introduction to markets and market failure
- Chapter 1 The nature of economics
- Chapter 2 The nature of demand
- Chapter 3 The nature of supply
- Chapter 4 How markets work: price determination
- Chapter 5 How markets work: the price mechanism in action
- Chapter 6 Market failure and externalities
- Chapter 7 Market failure: public goods and information gaps
- Chapter 8 Government intervention and government failure
Theme 1 key terms
Theme 1 practice questions

Theme 2 The UK economy - performance and policies
- Chapter 9 Measures of economic performance: economic growth
- Chapter 10 Measures of economic performance: inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments
- Chapter 11 Aggregate demand
- Chapter 12 Aggregate supply
- Chapter 13 National income and macroeconomic equilibrium
- Chapter 14 Economic growth
- Chapter 15 Macroeconomic policy objectives
- Chapter 16 Macroeconomic policies
Theme 2 key terms
Theme 2 practice questions
Index

About the Author
Peter Smith is Professorial Fellow in Economics at the University of Southampton and editor of Economic Review.


Book Information
ISBN 9781471830006
Author Peter Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Hodder Education
Publisher Hodder Education
Weight(grams) 604g
Dimensions(mm) 274mm * 213mm * 12mm