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THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FREE ARTICLES HERE ABOUT ECONOMICS
- “An Introduction to Economics in 5,000 Words.” An article providing an introduction to economics that accompanies the above book of free GCE course notes. Click here.
- An article about government economic policy making. “Trying to Make Sense of Economic
Policy -
Part 1: What Do Governments Try to Do?” Click here.
- “Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy -
Part 2: Why is it so Difficult to Get it Right?” Click here.
- “The Basic Diagrams You Must Be Able To Draw” A set of basic economics diagrams for both microeconomics and macroeconomics that you might want to learn and be able to draw for yourself, for you will be expected to do this and use them in your analysis. Click here.
IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ONLY A PART OF THE COURSE and do not want the entire book, you can download each of the six main Units here as a zip file. NEW: On 26 Feb. 2008, I renumbered the pages of the book, as I added a bit more analysis. Each Unit now downloads as a uniquely numbered Chapter.
"Unit 1: Markets -
"Unit 2: Markets -
"Unit 3: Managing the Economy". Click here.
"Unit 4: Industrial Economics". Click here.
"Unit 5: Labour Markets". Click here (Please observe: I do not have notes for Option B “Economic Development”)
"Unit 6: The United Kingdom in the Global Economy (Foreign Trade)". Click here.
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Last Updated 3 July, 2008
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