THE  FREE BOOK

This is where you can get your free copy of An Introduction to Economics by Dr. Kevin Bucknall. This was originally a set of personal teaching notes, designed for the GCE A-Level in the UK. The book contains the full set of economics notes, covering microeconomics and macroeconomics. As this course covers elementary economics, these notes could be used to help you to understand any introductory course, at school or college, particularly if you are having trouble understanding something and want a non-mathematical explanation to help you follow what is going on. It also makes a good teacher resource and could be used to design lessons.

Why are we giving the book away free? Three reasons!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you buy Going to University: the Secrets of Success directly from this site using PayPal or a sterling cheque you will get a free CD containing 19 articles, an autographed copy of the book  -  and if you are within the UK, free postage. Elsewhere in the EU postage costs £1.

 

To read and download your free copy of the book An Introduction to Economics as a zip file click Download     Note: it is a large file so may take some time to download if you have a slow connection.

 

We also give away some free articles about economic matters - keep scrolling down to find these lower on the page

 

Note: If you only want a particular Course Unit, such as “How markets work”, you can select from the list below and download each one individually as a PDF file.

 

"Unit 1: Markets - How They Work". Read online and free download to your computer

            

"Unit 2: Markets - Why They Fail". Read online and free download to your computer

 

"Unit 3: Managing the Economy - Part 1". Read online and free download to your computer

 

Unit 3: Managing the Economy - Part 2". Read online and free download to your computer

 

"Unit 4: Industrial Economics". Read online and free download to your computer

 

"Unit 5: Labour Markets". Read online and free download to your computer

 

"Unit 6: The United Kingdom in the Global Economy (Foreign Trade)". Read online and free download to your computer

 

(We do not have any notes for Unit 5 Option B of the syllabus but a 15-page article entitled “Economic Development” is available on the free CD if you buy the new second edition of the book Going to University: the Secrets of Success directly from this site).

 

 

THE OTHER FREE ARTICLES

(It is worth checking back occasionally as we add new articles now and then.)

 

 

1.  “An Introduction to Economics in 5,000 Words.”  Download

2.   “Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy - Part 1: What Do Governments Try to Do?”  Download

3.  “Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy - Part 2: Why is it so Difficult to Get it Right?” Download

4.  “Demand, Supply and Elasticity Diagrams” Download

5.  NEW! “Business Cycles, Recessions and Economic Booms” Download

 

First, The author has taken early retirement and no longer has the time to tutor or lecture. He decided that he would put them into circulation for you and for the good of all students everywhere rather than let the notes linger unused and unread.

 

Second,There simply is not enough good free stuff about and we wish to encourage others to make things available.

Third, we hope that if you gain benefit from these free economics notes you might consider buying the new edition of the book Going to University: the Secrets of Success, Kewei Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9561823-1-9 (£9.95). Or perhaps you might suggest to your parents that they buy it for you? It is a good investment for both you and them. And it will encourage us to continue to give away free articles and books.

 

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