IBDP Economics

 

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Unit 1: Introduction to Economics

1.1 What is Economics?

1.2 How Do Economists Approach the World?

Unit 2: Microeconomics

2.1 Demand

2.2 Supply

2.3 Competitive Market Equilibrium

[HL] 2.4 Critique of the Maximizing Behaviour of Consumers and Producers

2.5 Elasticities of Demand

2.6 Elasticity of Supply

2.7 Role of Government in Microeconomics

2.8 Market Failure—Externalities and Common Pool or Common Access Resources

2.9 Market Failure—Public Goods

[HL] 2.10 Market Failure—Asymmetric Information

[HL] 2.11 Market Failure—Market Power

[HL] 2.12 The Market’s Inability to Achieve Equity

Unit 3: Macroeconomics

3.1 Measuring Economic Activity and Illustrating its Variations

3.2 Variations in Economic Activity— Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

3.3 Macroeconomic Objectives

3.4 Economics of Inequality and Poverty

3.5 Demand Management (Demand-Side Policies)—Monetary Policy

3.6 Demand Management—Fiscal Policy

3.7 Supply-Side Policies

Unit 4: The Global Economy

4.1 Benefits of International Trade

4.2 Types of Trade Protection

4.3 Arguments For & Against Trade Control/Protection

4.4 Economic Integration

4.5 Exchange Rates

4.6 Balance of Payments

4.7 Sustainable Development

4.8 Measuring Development

4.9 Barriers to Economic Growth & Development

4.10 Economic Growth & Development Strategies

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