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Achievement Economics, Year 12 - Teacher Resource: NCEA 2

Comprehensive coverage of the NCEA achievement standards content requirements - both internal and external and clearly linked to NCEA Level 2 Economics Achievement Standards 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5. 'Basics' is the first section of the book. It provides an introduction to key economic concepts and terminology. In addition, it provides a thorough introduction to the Circular Flow Model and the Production Possibility Frontier Model. The sections that follow - 'Inflation', 'Trade', and 'Growth' - are developed clearly and logically... read more

This book is useful from day one ...to the night before your exams. "Throughout the course, students will find it useful as a reference source. However, the book probably comes into its own for examination revision...A and AS level economics students should be encouraged to buy and use this book." - "Focus on Business Education". The A-Z Handbook explains all the key terms in Advanced Level Economics. Each entry begins with a clear definition and is followed by an explanation and/or worked examples. The more important the term, the... read more

Consumer Economics A: Managing personal means is the first of a comprehensive two-book series for junior economics students in Years 9 and 10. Based on James Thomas and Antony Booker's original three-book series, this full-colour edition has been updated for today’s students. The first book in this revamped series looks at how individuals make decisions and manage their income. Topics covered are: choice, scarcity, exchange, money, values, workers, income, spending, budgeting, saving, record keeping, documents, credit, laws, p... read more

Consumer Economics B: Participating in Production looks in more depth at the interdependent ways that people produce and consume. Topics covered include: the economy; capital; technology; starting and operating a business; position and performance statements; marketing; and demand. Packed with examples, case studies, diagrams and photos, each chapter also includes a large number of activities to reinforce new skills and information. Answers are also provided at the end of each book.

"Economic Activity and Change" examines the dynamic nature of industry on a global scale. Taking the reader from the 19th century through to the modern day, this title features a variety of case studies, ranging from traditional to high-tech industries, and from retailing to transport. Economic influences upon the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors are all observed in relation to change. Industrial and behavioural location theories are considered along with the role of government in regional development, before a f... read more

120 Economic Environment Text Economics is an exciting field of inquiry, full of relevance and application to our everyday lives. There is an economic dimension to practically every decision we make in life. Understanding how the New Zealand economy functions helps us to understand a range of issues that are important to all New Zealanders. It also gives insight into how other economies function, and the relationships between New Zealand and other countries in the global economy. In this text the authors provide a clear e... read more

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A comprehensive guide to Economics for students in all related fields. This fourth edition of the popular and bestselling Collins Dictionary of Economics has been thoroughly revised for the new millennium, and is a valuable reference book not just for students of economics, but for anyone studying economics as part of a business or social science course.

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An introductory workbook designed to convey essential definitions, concepts and skills to any student approaching economics for the first time. Topics covered include: scarcity, choice and resources; demand; supply; and market equilibrium.

Economics relates to everyday life – it helps us understand how our complex world works, and the reasons for and effects of the decisions we make as consumers and producers. Examples of wider-ranging economic decisions can be seen in news reports every single day. The concept of the market is central to modern economics – actions there affect us personally (for example in our income and spending patterns) and globally (for example through environmental issues and conflict). Economics for the Market focuses on how consumer... read more

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingCult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams.Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.First published 2005. Keep up-to-date with the Fre... read more

The real world is a very interesting place. The purpose of economics is to make sense of that real world - in particular, of the choices that people, either as individuals or in groups, make in the pursuit of happiness. This book is a collection of 40 short articles that apply the economics way of thinking to a wide range of issues of interest to New Zealanders. For example: Why are students charged for going to university? How might the supply of human kidney transplants be increased? Are Maori discriminated against in the labo... read more

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New Concepts in Commerce is a fresh and contemporary resource written bu our established and respected authors, Stephen Chapman and Malcolm Freak, to meet all the outcomes and skills requirements of the Commerce Syllabus for Years 7-10 in New South Wales.

The text provides comprehensive coverage of the four Core topics and all eleven Option topics in a full-colour, highly-visual, double-spread format.

The strong focus in all chapters is to engage and motivate students with high interest and relevant presen... read more

N.Z.Pathfinders: Economics Year 11 is a complete course book for New Zealand Year 11 and is published in the same style as others in the N.Z.

DoP - August 2008, Auckland
This new edition reflects changes that have occurred in assessment at Level 3 NCEA and in the Social sciences curriculum with the publication of the New Zealand curriculum last year. Now rewritten with considerable changes across most parts of the book, including up-to-date examples and case studies.

This new edition of the highly successful Economics for the Market has been extensively revised to meet the requirements of the updated New Zealand Curriculum (Level 6) and the realigned NCEA Level 1 Achievement Standards. The Economics of Choice will take students on a journey that will lead them to an understanding of how the economy works and what their part is in it.

The Penguin Dictionary of Economics explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principle to venture capital, Euro to X-efficiency, globalisation to zero-sum game. Wide-ranging and accessible, this detailed practical and international guide will be indispensable for students of economics and professionals (in business, finance or the public sector), and for anyone wishing to follow economic discussions in the media today.