Economics

Welcome to Economics!

Economics is the study of the ways in which people, businesses and industries use resources. It covers a variety of topics, for example production, efficiency, macroeconomic policy, international economy, and market failure; each of these will teach you a lot about the society we live in today.

Economics of the Crisis

Can you help the UK economy get through the current economic crisis?  Follow the activities and watch the videos to help form an opinion of how successfully the UK government is supporting the UK economy through the crisis.  Could you have done better?  Create a PowerPoint presentation to highlight your research and opinions.  Follow the structure set out in the worksheet below.



Video 1

Video 2

What is GDP?

The BBC looks at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy

Video 4