Unit 1 Introduction to economics

1.1 What is economics?

1.2 How do economists approach the world?

Unit 2 Microeconomics

2.1 Demand

2.1.1—Law of demand

2.1.3—Demand curve

2.1.4—Individual and market demand

2.1.5—Non-price determinants of demand

2.1.6—Movements and shifts in demand

2.2 Supply

2.3 Competitive market equilibrium

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

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 - 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 and 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 and/or economic development

4.10 Economic growth and/or economic development strategies

IB Economics HL 2.1.2 (HL)—Assumptions behind demand Question Bank

• Income and substitution effects help explain the law of demand

• The law of diminishing marginal utility helps explain why consumers demand less at higher prices

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