General+resources

=Please use this page to post and discuss any general resources that you feel suitably support the new course.=

Demand and supply ||  ||   || market structure (HL only) ||  ||   || aggregate supply ||  ||   || investment (FDI) ||  ||   || development assistance ||  ||   ||
 * ===**Topic**=== || **Resource** || **Comments** ||
 * ====**Section 1: Microeconomics**==== ||  ||   ||
 * 1.1Competitive markets:
 * 1.2 Elasticity ||  ||   ||
 * 1.3 Government intervention ||  ||   ||
 * 1.4 Market failure ||  ||   ||
 * 1.5 Theory of the firm and
 * ====**Section 2: Macroeconomics**==== ||  ||   ||
 * 2.1 The level of overall economic activity ||  ||   ||
 * 2.2 Aggregate demand and
 * 2.3 Macroeconomic objectives ||  ||   ||
 * 2.4 Fiscal policy ||  ||   ||
 * 2.5 Monetary policy ||  ||   ||
 * 2.6 Supply-side policies ||  ||   ||
 * ====**Section 3: International economics**==== ||  ||   ||
 * 3.1 International trade ||  ||   ||
 * 3.2 Exchange rates ||  ||   ||
 * 3.3 The balance of payments ||  ||   ||
 * 3.4 Economic integration ||  ||   ||
 * 3.5 Terns of trade (HL policy) ||  ||   ||
 * ====**Section 4: Development economics**==== ||  ||   ||
 * 4.1 Economic development ||  ||   ||
 * 4.2 Measuring development ||  ||   ||
 * 4.3 The role of domestic factors ||  ||   ||
 * 4.4 The role of international trade ||  ||   ||
 * 4.5 The role of foreign direct
 * 4.6 The roles of foreign aid and multilateral
 * 4.7 The role of international debt ||  ||   ||
 * 4.8 The balance between markets and intervention ||  ||   ||

Resources  __Printed publications specifically for IB Economics __ (prices in sterling)   1. Ian Dorton and Jocelyn Blink, [| Economics Course Companion] [| (IB Diploma Programme)]   **First Edition Paperback: ** 400 pages **Publisher:** OUP Oxford (22 Feb 2007) **ISBN-10: ** 0199151245 **ISBN-13:** 978-0199151240 __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A second edition appropriate to the new course will be published in April 2011 __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> at £25. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon. There is no ISBN yet. The first edition remains of importance to candidates registered for sessions up to November 2012. Although it has become a mantra that this is not a textbook, it is the most essential publication for candidates and delineates for teachers the knowledge students need. However, no teacher should feel unable to go beyond it or that the course should be taught through it. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2. Ellie Tragakes, __Economics for the IB__ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> Diploma __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">includes a free additional CD-ROM containing e-learning materials. £25 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 560 pages **Publisher:** Cambridge University Press (27 Aug 2009) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN-10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 0521744342 **ISBN-13:** 978-0521744348 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A very recent, comprehensive textbook, approached in the traditional way. I believe a new edition appropriate for the new syllabus is in preparation. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">3. Ian Dorton and Jocelyn Blink, __IB Prepared, Approach your Exams the IB Way, Economics HL__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">£13 direct from the IB for one copy, less for more <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 112 pages ** Publisher: **International Baccalaureate (March 2009) product code 3094 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">To buy go to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">See below. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">4. Ian Dorton and Jocelyn Blink, __IB Prepared, Approach your Exams the IB Way, Economics SL__ £12 direct from the IB  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 112 pages ** Publisher: **International Baccalaureate (March 2009) product code 3095 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">To buy go to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">These two publications are very helpful to candidates just before exams. They focus very clearly on command terms, diagrams and the need for examples, all of which distinguish the better responses. Both are written for the current syllabus so are of direct relevance to exam preparation until November 2012. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">5. Matt McGee, __Economics for IB: In Terms of the Good the Bad and the Economist__ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">, __ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">$AU60 from IBID, £34.99 from Amazon <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 768 pages **Publisher:** IBID Press (Second Edition 2009) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A textbook by an inspirational teacher who applies Economics to everyday life (including his grandmother’s proverbs). It was prepared specifically for the syllabus introduced in 2003-5. A new edition is in preparation, expected to be completed in April 2011, which will be written for the syllabus, and will reflect the new emphasis on command terms and AOs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">6. Constantine Ziogas, __IB Study Guide: Economics for the IB Diploma: Standard and Higher Level__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">£16.30 from Amazon <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 208 pages **Publisher:** OUP Oxford (11 Sep 2008) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN-10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 0199152284 **ISBN-13:** 978-0199152285 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An excellent revision guide by a very experienced IB teacher. Like all the best teachers he sometimes goes beyond the syllabus out of a passion to make clearer what is within it. Useful for candidates and for quick reference to good diagrams. __A new, expanded edition is in preparation for September 2011,__ ISBN 9780199128600. £18.99. For an inspection copy (anywhere in the world) contact OUP by e-mail at <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">schools.enquiries.uk@oup.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">7. Constantine Ziogas, __IB Skills and Practice, Economics for the IB Diploma__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, £18.99 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Publisher **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: Oxford **ISBN**: 9780199128617 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Publication date **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: September 2011 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“A guide to the new quantitative element in the syllabus,.. with information on designing, selecting and using diagrams. Plenty of engaging activities to practise the essential skills in the right context.” For an inspection copy (anywhere in the world) contact OUP by e-mail at <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">schools.enquiries.uk@oup.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">8. Alan Glanville and Jacob Glanville, __Economics from a Global Perspective,__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Price not known, Third Edition, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Publisher: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Glanville books. **Date**: March 2011, see <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">info@glanvillebooks.co.uk <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Alan Glanville sadly died in 2010, but his son Jake, a professional career economist is reworking Alan’s 2003 edition in his memory and for the new syllabus. Alan’s original was the first book to be written for the IB Economics syllabus. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">9. Jonathan Mace, __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Economics for Standard and Higher Level: for Use with IB Diploma Programme __**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">, __** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">£7.95 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Paperback: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 96 pages **Publisher:** Anforme Ltd (10 Mar 2010) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN-10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 1905504365 **ISBN-13:** 978-1905504367 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I have not yet seen this but Anforme publications are usually helpful. It also publishes brief articles addressing current questions of relevance for under a pound as well as Economics Today, a journal for Economics students. See <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|www.anforme.co.uk] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">10. Stephen Holroyd, __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">IB Economics Higher Level (OSC IB Revision Guides for the International Baccalaureate Diploma) __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">£13.99 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Spiral-bound: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 94 pages **Publisher:** OSC Publishing (15 Mar 2004) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN-10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 1904534511 ** ISBN-13: ** 978-1904534518 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Published in 2004 for the old syllabus. I do not know whether a new edition will be forthcoming. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">11. Stephen Holroyd, __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">IB Economics Standard Level (OSC IB Revision Guides for the International Baccalaureate Diploma) __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">£13.99 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Spiral-bound: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 64 pages **Publisher:** OSC Publishing (15 Mar 2004) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN-10: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 190453452X <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Published in 2004 for the old syllabus. I do not know whether a new edition will be forthcoming. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">For the future.. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">12. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Jason Welker, an IB teacher in Singapore, is said to to be working on a book titled __Pearson Baccalaureate Economics,__ aimed at the new syllabus. Keep an eye one the Pearson website at <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> (which is not showing anything yet) for news of this, and also the welkerswikinomics blog (see below). For this and the next entry I am grateful to Andrew McCarthy’s blog <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">13. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bryce McBride, from ABA in Oman is said to be writing a workbook to go with the new syllabus. He reports this on Andrew McCarthy’s blog and on the OCC. He did not have a publisher at the time of writing. Gareth Rees, Chief Examiner, January 2011
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ISBN **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: 978-1-876659-22-6