Macroeconomics
What causes inflation?
The two main types of inflation, demand-pull and cost-push, and why the cause changes which policy works.
Economics Explained
Articles on the topics many students find difficult.
These longer articles explain ideas from the syllabus in simple words. They also show you how to use those ideas in a clear, well-organised exam answer.
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Macroeconomics
Why do exchange rates change?
An exchange rate is a price set by demand and supply. What makes a currency rise or fall, and what that means for exports and imports.
Macroeconomics
How does a central bank control inflation?
The tools of monetary policy, the steps from a rise in interest rates to lower inflation, and why the time lag matters.
Macroeconomics
Growth and development: what's the difference?
Real GDP measures how much an economy produces. Development is about how people live. Knowing the difference helps in exam answers.
Exam Technique
How to evaluate an economics argument
What evaluation means, where it is tested, and some simple ways to weigh up an argument and reach a clear judgement.
Exam Technique
How to answer a data response question
A simple routine for Section A: read the questions first, underline the useful figures, use the data in your answers and plan time by marks.
Next step
Learn a topic, then practise writing about it.
A trial class starts with a short check of what you already know. Then I teach one topic you find hard, and you write one exam-style answer that I mark.