Edexcel GCE Economics Unit 4 - The Global Economy

Our 2009/2010 Study Companion for Edexcel GCE Unit 4 (The Global Economy) is now available. The Companion can be ordered from our online store here, or by using this downloadable order form.

The contents of the Companion are listed below:

Chapters
1) Causes of Globalisation
2) The effects of Globalisation - Benefits and Costs
3) International Trade and Economic Integration
4) The Terms of Trade
5) Trade agreements in the international economy
6) Restrictions on free trade - protectionism
7) Stages of economic integration
8) Recording and Financing Trade
9) Policies to correct BoP imbalances
10) Influences on Exchange Rates
11) Changes in Exchange Rates - Macro Effects
12) European Monetary Union
13) International Competitiveness
14) Poverty and Inequality in Developed and Developing Countries
15) Limits to Economic Growth & Development
16) Macro Policies and Macroeconomic Performance
17) The Economic Cycle
18) The Nature and Significance of Output Gaps
19) Investment, Economic Cycles and Growth
20) The Accelerator Model
21) Macro Economic Shocks and their Effects
22) The Global Credit Crunch
23) Unemployment
24) Inflation and Unemployment - The Phillips Curve
25) Inflation
26) Deflation
27) Managing the Economy
28) Monetary Policy and the Economy
29) Fiscal Policy - Taxation and Public Expenditure
30) Migration and the UK Economy
31) Economic Development and Living Standards
32) Similarities & Differences between Developing Nations
33) Consequences of Economic Growth and Development