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The emphasis of this website is to provide resources for teachers and students of Economics in South Australia.
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Links to Related Websites
A wide range of links appropriate for secondary students of Economics
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Resources
A range of files suitable for Year 11 and 12 Economics and I.B. Economics
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Teachers : if you have any resources to share email them to Michael Jarrett at home. I'll up-load them on to this website.
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Although I am a "Mac" man at heart, the use of
Microsoft Windows is a clear example of a "pareto optimal" result in the software market.
I bow to the power of the Bill Gates. |  | Visit the Gates Foundation to see what Bill and his wife Melinda are doing with their money. |
A great resource! - comprehensive too! - with clear links to Year 10 Commerce,
Economics and Accounting and Business Mathematics.
This poster was distributed to teachers at the 2001 Annual Conference. Resources
New Commonwealth Bank Website
Dollars and Sense -
This is a site about real money issues and the skills you need to realise your life!
Print a colour copy on A3 for your classroom.
Research Tools - Economics A - Z
A comprehensive dictionary of economic terms from The Economist
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A comprehensive service for students and educators on business and economics related subjects.
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Follow this link to view a Powerpoint presentation
given by University of Adelaide microeconomics lecturer
This excellent presentation covers issues in a range of markets in Australia; in particular
the water and petrol markets. The presentation provides
valuable examples for Economics teachers attempting to explain the impact of deregulation on
the Australian economy. The ETS thanks Dr. Whitley for his thought provoking discussion.
Economics teachers: Follow this link
to download a range of graphs suitable for overhead transparencies.
Markets
Dr. John Whitley at the
ETS professional development meeting, held at Eynesbury College on 27th March 2001.
Economagic Graphs
The source of these graphs is economagic.com
A brilliant resource, most of the data is on the USA, but if you go to the bottom of the page,
you will find a link to Australian economic data that can be easily down loaded.
from Bernadetta Chaustowski
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New South Wales Board of Studies
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New South Wales Board of Studies - past examinations in Economics |
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Online Multiple Choice : Board of Studies NSW : Online MCQ You can test yourself on the multiple-choice components of the following HSC examinations or School Certificate tests ... See our list of frequently asked questions ... |
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Follow this link to view class notes on an "Introduction to Economics"
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Follow this link to view a test on "Introduction to Economics"
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Follow this link to view a "Issues Study - City Builders - The Economic Problem and Economic Systems" from Matthew Noble - St. Domenic's Priory School
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Follow this link to access Adam Smith's
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - from BiblioMania
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Follow this link to access portraits and photographs of famous
economists - from Duke University - USA
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Follow this link to view class notes on Thomas Hobbes
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Follow this link to view class notes on Thomas Malthus
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Follow this link to view class notes on Voltaire
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Follow this link to view class notes on John Stuart Mill
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Follow this link to view class notes on Karl Marx
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Follow this link to view class notes on Mao Ze Dong
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Follow this link to view class notes on Deng Xiao Ping
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Follow this link to view class notes on Joseph Stalin |
Gross Domestic Product and the Circular Flow
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Follow this link to view class notes on measuring Gross Domestic Product |
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Follow this link to view a test on the "four sector The Circular Flow" from Maria Urbano of St. Aloysius College |
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Follow this link to read an article on the income multiplier and the impact of tourism on Vietnam's economy: The Income Multiplier" |
| Class Exercise on GDP and the GST GDP and the GST |
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Worksheet on GDP, GNP and NNP |
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Redefining Progress
In 1995, Clifford Cobb and two colleagues from the California think tank Redefining Progress wrote an eloquent critique of the Gross Domestic Product. The article, which appeared as a cover story for the Atlantic Monthly, explained how this outmoded measure of economic growth is itself crippling progress. It went on to introduce Cobb’s Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), a new way of measuring the health of the economy that includes previously ignored costs like pollution and benefits like volunteer work. Since the GPI was first introduced, Redefining Progress has published regular audits of the US economy, and similar audits have been adopted in other countries. |
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Earth Policy Institute
The Washington Post called Lester Brown "one of the world's most influential thinkers." The Telegraph of Calcutta refers to him as "the guru of the environmental movement." |
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Gross National Happiness
Measuring policy success as an increase in wellbeing by Nadia Mustafa - TIME Magazine
When Jigme Singye Wangchuck was crowned king of the Himalayan nation of Bhutan in 1972,
he declared he was more concerned with Gross National Happiness than with
Gross Domestic Product.
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Gross National Happiness - A set of discussion papers
Edited by Sonam Kinga, Karma Galay, Phuntsho Rapten and Adam Pain. The Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan - April 1999 |
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The Cost of Food is Rising across the World - article from the BBC |
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Thailand calls for a rice cartel - article from the BBC |
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Sectors of China's Economy - article from the Economist |
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China's infrastructure splurge - article from the Economist |
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China's One Child Policy - article from the BBC |
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Facing Up to China's Syndrome - article from The Age |
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Calculating Income Inequality and the Gini Coefficient, with an article on income inequality in China from Xinhua |
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China plans to set up green GDP system in 3-5 years
- (Xinhua) - Updated: 2004-03-12 14:46
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Readings on Cost Benefit Analysis
The first article is on water flows in the Murray - Darling catchment.
The second is aimed at
I.B. level students, and includes graphical analysis. |
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Follow this link to see a
video of the last Tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) alive.
The last thylacine died in 1933.
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Difficulties of Economic Management
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Fill in the blanks essay on The Difficulties of Economic Management
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Overview of India's economy 1950 - 1999 - article from the BBC |
| Economic Growth and Income Inequality in India - article from the BBC |
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India needs to tackle rigid labour laws to reach its full growth potential - article from the Economist |
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Economics Indicators and the Business Cycle - student notes |
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Fill in the blanks Essay
Economics Indicators and the Business Cycle - based on SSABSA Economics Exam Q.99 1999 |
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Follow this link to view a test on
Test Yr 11 Economics Indicators -
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Cartoon from the Financial Review - 21st April 2001 highlighting the problems associated with economic indicators
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Follow this link to view a homework exercise on
Characteristics of the Labour Force -
based on data taken from the ABS Australia Year Book 2004
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Follow this link to view a "slide show"
"The Macroeconomic Objective of Full Employment"
- new resource
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Follow this link to view a homework exercise on drawing a Lorenz curve
and estimating a Gini coefficient -
Measures of Income Inequality
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Follow this link to view a series of resources dealing with Supply and Demand
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Follow this link to view a "slide show"
"Elasticity of Supply and
Demand" - new resource
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Follow this link to view a homework exercise on
price elasticity of demand
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Follow this link to view a homework exercise on
elasticity - revenue lost and gained
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| Follow this link to view a "slide show" "Market Forms" - new resource |
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Follow this link to read about the major players in the
world chocolate market |
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Follow this link to view a Year 11 level student work sheet for a visit to the
Adelaide Central Market |
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Follow this link to view a 30 Multiple Choice Questions on
Market Forms prepared by
Jon Inge St. Peter's College. |
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Market Forms
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| Year 12 Market Forms Revision - refers to Chief Examiners' reports. |
| Year 12 Market Forms Test |
Follow this link to read an abridged version of R.A. Radford's classic article The Economy of A Prisoner Of War Camp, published in Econometrica, Volume 12. 1945.
The Economy of A Prisoner Of War Camp
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| Follow this link to access a range of Year 11 Exams |
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| Follow this link to access a range of Year 12 Exams |
| Examination 1 |
| Examination 2 - Marden Year 12 Mid Year Examination |
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Follow this link for a summary of the Workplace Relations Act, prepared by Bernadetta Chaustowski, Marden Senior College.
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Federal Government's Department of Treasury |
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Think Economics - Aggregate Supply and Demand
An outstanding website with interactive AS-AD questions that can check your understanding of this essential model. |
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Shifts of and Movements along the Aggregate Supply Curve
Fill in the blanks. Teachers - this is a "beta" copy - please email me with any corrections. As a teacher, I thrive on criticism and rejection, so don't be reticent. |
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Aggregate Supply and Demand
- An interactive quiz on ASAD.
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Unemployment has many causes and a range of policy solutions Fill in the blanks essay based on SSABSA Q20 2004 Exam |
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AS - AD Multiple Choice Questions from SSABSA examinations. |
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This test on macroeconomic goals and AS-AD
contains one question more suitable for I.B. Economics, but the remainder of the questions
are appropriate for Year 12 PES Economics.
This test was written by Allan Wilkins of Pembroke School. |
| Test Macroeconomic Objectives and Their Measurement - emphasis on AS-AD |
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Follow this link to view a series of resources dealing with International Trade in 2000 students can analyse trade data using the excel copyright-free files available here.
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WTO Homepage
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Multinationals
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Vietnam joins the WTO - article from the BBC Challenges for Vietnam's economy
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Follow this link
to view a series of links to the Economist Magazine |
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Alan GreenspanFollow this link to the Federal Reserve of the USA. |
Global Education
Click on the image to go to the Global Education Centre website. |
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Follow this link
to view a glossary of Chinese and English business terms. I've been developing this with some of my students. |
Follow this link for a humourous comparison of capitalism, as it is practised in a number of countries.
Humour
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Crossword 1 Focus: Introduction to Economics |
Crossword 1 - Print version |
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Crossword 2 Focus: Market Forms |
Crossword 2 - Print version |
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Crossword 3 Focus: Unemployment |
Crossword 3 - Print version |
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Crossword 4 Focus: Balance of Payments |
Crossword 4 - Print version |
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Follow this link to view a test on Economic Development prepared by Matthew Noble, St. Dominic's Priory School
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Follow this link to view a series of resources dealing with Economic Development
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History and Economics Multiple Choice Questions
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Follow this link to a comprehensive range of multiple choice questions
Regents Prep
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Economics Glossary
I.B. Students create their own glossary of key economic terms and concepts. PES
Economics teachers can edit the list for the SSABSA syllabus. Encourage students to add to
the list given. from Leon Kandelaars of Chinese International School, Hong Kong |
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Follow this link to access a dictionary of Economic terms
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Follow this link to view a comprehensive collection of
revision questions, put together from a
variety of sources, that cover the Core Questions of the Stage II Syllabus
Stage 2 Economics Syllabus Statement.
This document is Microsoft Word. |
Follow this link to play Jeopardy, a
revision exercise from Jon Inge.
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