CIE A level economics revision guide

Description

• Recently updated and expanded
• It is designed specifically for CIE A level economics.

Revision Guide follows syllabus 2026

Basic economic ideas and resource allocation

• 1.1 Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
• 1.2 Economic methodology
• 1.3 Factors of production
• 1.4 Resource allocation in different economic systems
• 1.5 Production possibility curves
• 1.6 Classification of goods and services

The price system and the microeconomy

• 2.1 Demand and supply curves
• 2.2 Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand
• 2.3 Price elasticity of supply
• 2.4 The interaction of demand and supply
• 2.5 Consumer and producer surplus

Government microeconomic intervention

• 3.1 Reasons for government intervention in markets
• 3.2 Methods and effects of government intervention in markets
• 3.3 Addressing income and wealth inequality

The macroeconomy

• 4.1 National income statistics
• 4.2 Introduction to the circular flow of income
• 4.3 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply analysis
• 4.4 Economic growth
• 4.5 Unemployment
• 4.6 Price stability

Government macroeconomic intervention

• 5.1 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
• 5.2 Fiscal policy
• 5.3 Monetary policy
• 5.4 Supply-side policy

International economic issues

• 6.1 The reasons for international trade
• 6.2 Protectionism
• 6.3 Current account of the balance of payments
• 6.4 Exchange rates
• 6.5 Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments

A-Level

The price system and the microeconomy

• 7.1 Utility
• 7.2 Indifference curves and budget lines
• 7.3 Efficiency and market failure
• 7.4 Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits
• 7.5 Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production
• 7.6 Different market structures
• 7.7 Growth and survival of firms
• 7.8 Differing objectives and policies of firms

Government microeconomic intervention

• 8.1 Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure
• 8.2 Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
• 8.3 Labour market forces and government intervention

The macroeconomy

• 9.1 The circular flow of income
• 9.2 Economic growth and sustainability
• 9.3 Employment/unemployment
• 9.4 Money and banking

Government macroeconomic intervention

• 10.1 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
• 10.2 Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness
• 10.3 Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives

International economic issues

• 11.1 Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments
• 11.2 Exchange rates
• 11.3 Economic development
• 11.4 Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
• 11.5 Relationship between countries at different levels of development
• 11.6 Globalisation

A Level economics revision guide  (E-Book)

• Simple yet detailed.
• Content designed to help prepare for likely questions.
• All main diagrams needed for A Level Economics
• Tips on writing evaluation – Essential for getting top grades
• Updated: 2026
• Revision guide sent shortly after purchase.
• Two page sample – CIE-sample-3-page

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