Supporting Students Studying Econ 1 Markets and Market Failure AQA Economics (2140)
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Econ 1 Specimen Paper and Mark Scheme
Please study these papers carefully during half term - use your revision notes to create a list of topic you would like to discuss on return
Exemplar Exam Paper
Exemplar Mark Scheme
Exemplar Exam Paper
Exemplar Mark Scheme
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
demerit goods discussion
costs and benefits of alcohol
social cost of alcohol
http://www.eurocare.org/ (alcohol policy)
uk govt investigation:
summary
smoking banned in private places: http://reason.tv/video/show/577.html
talking butts 25 min documentary on smoking: http://reason.tv./video/show/179.html
the sunny side of the truth at thetruth.com: http://www.thetruth.com/videos/
drinking age debate: http://reason.com/news/show/128200.html
nanny state issues: http://reason.com/topics/topic/227.html
sin taxes are compounded by rising input costs to mean that Britains are leaving the public house for more private consumption. Does this mean the one external benefit of drinking "social lubrication" is being lost?
this graphic from the guardian breaks down the price of beer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,2213708,00.html
related article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2213809,00.html
the smoking ban in bohemian Berlin doesn't go down too well: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2243763,00.html
in the US the Environemental Protection Agency (EPA) has a handout highlighting the dangers of second hand smoke (in English and Spanish): http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pdfs/trifold_brochure.pdf
Smoking, Drinking and pregnancy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867664.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7340401.stm
alcohol ban during prgnancy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7312708.stm
Cannabis:
reclasification:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7845023.stm
teen view
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7850588.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7847000/7847991.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7847000/7847989.stm
social cost of alcohol
http://www.eurocare.org/ (alcohol policy)
uk govt investigation:
summary
smoking banned in private places: http://reason.tv/video/show/577.html
talking butts 25 min documentary on smoking: http://reason.tv./video/show/179.html
the sunny side of the truth at thetruth.com: http://www.thetruth.com/videos/
drinking age debate: http://reason.com/news/show/128200.html
nanny state issues: http://reason.com/topics/topic/227.html
sin taxes are compounded by rising input costs to mean that Britains are leaving the public house for more private consumption. Does this mean the one external benefit of drinking "social lubrication" is being lost?
this graphic from the guardian breaks down the price of beer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,2213708,00.html
related article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2213809,00.html
the smoking ban in bohemian Berlin doesn't go down too well: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2243763,00.html
in the US the Environemental Protection Agency (EPA) has a handout highlighting the dangers of second hand smoke (in English and Spanish): http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pdfs/trifold_brochure.pdf
Smoking, Drinking and pregnancy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867664.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7340401.stm
alcohol ban during prgnancy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7312708.stm
Cannabis:
reclasification:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7845023.stm
teen view
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7850588.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7847000/7847991.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7847000/7847989.stm
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