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

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

2.10 Market failure - asymmetric information

2.11 Market failure - market power

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

3.3.1—Economic growth

3.3.2—Consequences of economic growth

3.3.3—Low unemployment

3.3.4—Low and stable inflation

3.3.5 (HL)—Weighted price index

3.3.6—Deflation and disinflation

3.3.7—Inflation versus unemployment

3.3.8 (HL)—Sustainable government debt

3.3.9 (HL)—Phillips curve and macroeconomic trade-offs

3.3.10—Conflicts between 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 3.3.8 (HL)—Sustainable government debt Question Bank

• Government debt is measured as a percentage of GDP

• Budget deficits add to government debt

• High debt can create debt servicing costs, credit rating issues, and future tax or spending pressures

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