翰林学院IGCSE Economics经济辅导

IGCSE Economics经济课本

IGCSE Economics经济真题

翰林学院IGCSE Economics经济辅导计划

Topic	Subtopics	Hours*	Homework
1. Basic economic problem: choice and the allocation of resources	economic problem
	factors of production
	opportunity cost
	resource allocation
	choice
	production possibility curves.
2. The allocation of resources: how the market works; market failure	market and mixed economic systems
	demand and supply analysis
	price elasticity
	market failure
	social and private costs and benefits.
3. The individual as producer, consumer and borrower	functions of money
	exchange
	central banks, stock exchanges and commercial banks
	labour market
	motives for spending, saving and borrowing
4. The private firm as producer and employer	types and sizes of business organisation
	demand for factors of production
	costs and revenue
	profit maximisation and other business goals
	perfect competition
	monopoly
	advantages and disadvantages of increased scale.
5. Role of government in economy	government as a producer and an employer
	aims of government economic policy
	fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies
	types of taxation
	possible policy conflicts
	government’s influence on private producers
6. Economic indicators	price indices
	inflation and deflation
	employment and unemployment
	GDP, economic growth and recession
	GDP and other measures of living standards.
7. Developed and developing economies: trends in production, population and living standards	developed and developing countries
	absolute and relative poverty
	alleviating poverty
	population growth
	differences in living standards
8. International aspects	specialisation
	current account of the balance of payments
	current account deficits and surpluses
	exchange rate fluctuations
	protectionism and free trade.
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