Economics will enable you to understand the significance of much of the information you hear every day on the news. It examines how society can make the best use of its scarce resources. Economics is a social science, going well with subjects from the arts and the sciences. It is a subject based on theories which are then applied to a wide range of everyday examples. For example, you might consider: why footballers’ wages are so high; why the price of a commodity such as oil rises and falls so often; whether students should pay for their higher education; why health care is free in the UK but charged for in the USA; what the consequences have been of a single currency in Europe; how the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Bank of England manage the economy; why the tax on cigarettes and alcohol is so high; why the government has banned smoking in public places and raised the age for buying cigarettes to 18.
Name: Economics A level Qualification title: Economics A level Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment Awarding - Created 20151130 15:21:37 Updated 20151130 15:22:19
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