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Relevant Syllabus Points: 3.3. Macroeconomic Models: Aggregate demand—components 3.4 Demand-side and supply-side policies: Shifts in the aggregate demand curve/demand-side policies [fiscal policy, interest rates as a tool of monetary policy] Questions: What is Aggregate Demand? What are the components of Aggregate Demand? What shape does the curve have and why? How are the axes labelled?…
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This video (of which there are several copies on youtube) could provoke a lot of interesting questions. Where in the world receives the most air traffic? Why? How does this reflect historical developments? Does the spread of daylight hours affect flight concentrations? Which two continents / regions are the most connected by flights? Again, why?…
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The world’s most typical person is male and in terms of the mode average ethnic group, is a Chinese, Han man. His age, in terms of median average is 28. The typical face shown above is built of 190 000 photos of 28 year old ethnic Han men. But as the video tells us, he…
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Just came across this video, based on what is now a widely-read summary of some key demographic and economic statistics. These statistics do need to be verified, as the opening shot states, if not for any other reason than the age of the data. This notion of the world as a village of 100 (and…
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Why would a government encourage consumers to ‘buy local’? What impact would this have on the demand / supply diagram for these products? How could this be considered a form of protectionism? IB Economics: Why might a government introduce this together with certain price controls (such as a minimum price / Buffer stock programme)?
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What are the 8 Millennium Development Goals? This 30 second video introduces them: This video includes a bit of a speech by Kofi Annan who was Secretary-General for the United Nations when the Millennium Development Goals which were agreed in 2000 at an important meeting (The Millennium Summit) where a number of world leaders discussed…
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Watch this video about Millennium Development Goal 3: These two videos are part of a series by planinternationaltv called ‘Because I am A Girl’ and they tell us about some important facts (statistics) about girls around the world: A similar video by PlanUSAvideos makes us think by comparing the birthdays of girls in very poor…
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Some people have a lot of time on their hands, but we should sometimes be grateful for that … this song summing up the different elasticities is worth a listen (you never know, it might even help you revise this particular topic …)
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Following a theme introduced by Karl Fisch’s Think You Know video, this video produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education on 21st Century Education is professionally made, eye-catching stuff. According to the blurb on You Tube: This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other…