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Lesson Plans, Mind Maps and Activities for Educators
Be Your Own Chancellor Worksheet (Activities)
Conflicts in Government Policy Objectives - Activity (Activities)
Conflicts in Government Policy Objectives - Lesson Plan (Lesson plans)
Conflicts in Government Policy Objectives - Mind Map (Mind maps)
Debt Ratio Worksheet [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Economic Growth Worksheet [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Government Expenditure Worksheets [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Government Failure: Congestion, Pollution and the Pensions Crisis - Activity (Activities)
Government Failure: Congestion, Pollution and the Pensions Crisis - Lesson Plan (Lesson plans)
Government Failure - Mind Map (Mind maps)
Government Failure: Tuition Fees for Higher Education - Activity (Activities)
Government Failure: Tuition Fees for Higher Education - Lesson Plan (Lesson plans)
Government Intervention in Markets - Mind Map (Mind maps)
Government Policy (Lesson plans)
Income Tax - A Taxing Business? [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Income Tax - Who Pays What? [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Income Tax Worksheets [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Inflation Worksheet - Are Price Increases Inevitable? [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Inflation Worksheet [TimeWeb] (Activities)
Interest Rate Worksheet - An Interesting Rate? [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Macroeconomic Policies - Activity (Activities)
Macroeconomic Targets in the UK - Activity (Activities)
Macroeconomic Targets in the UK - Lesson Plan (Lesson plans)
Measures of Economic Performance - Mind Map (Mind maps)
PSNCR Worksheet [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Public Sector Spending - Activity (Activities)
Public Sector Spending - Activity (Activities)
Public Sector Spending - Lesson Plan (Lesson plans)
Public Sector Spending - Mind Map (Mind maps)
Responses to Recession Worksheet [TimeWeb] (Activities)
The State of Monetarism (Lesson plans)
The State of Monetarism - How do we measure the money supply? (Activities)
The State of Monetarism - Mind Map (Mind maps)
The State of Monetarism - Summary (Activities)
The State of Monetarism - The Importance of the Demand for Money (Activities)
The State of Monetarism - Velocity of Circulation (Activities)
The State of Monetarism - What Causes What? (Activities)
The Taylor Rule (Lesson plans)
The Taylor Rule - Mind Map (Mind maps)
Unemployment, NAIRU and the Phillips Curve - Activity (Activities)
Unemployment Worksheet - Whose Problem? [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
VAT Worksheets [Virtual Economy] (Activities)
Worksheet on Taxation (Student Version: Advanced) (Activities)
Worksheet on Taxation (Student Version: Beginners) (Activities)
Worksheet - Role of the Bank of England - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets Available in Meaning [TimeWeb] (Activities)
Worksheets - Causes - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets - Costs - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets - Cures - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets - Economic Indicators - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets - Government Policy - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)
Worksheets - Monetary Policy Committee - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Activities)

Case Studies
Data Handling and Social Inequalities (Mind Your Business)
Macro-Economics - Aggregate Demand, Inflation, Unemployment and Growth - 220903 (Mind Your Business)
Rail Privatisation (Wanna Argument)
Taxes - to Cut or not to Cut? (Wanna Argument)
Thatcherite Economics - a worthwhile legacy? (Mind Your Business)
The Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates Elasticity and Inflation - 031103 (Mind Your Business)
The Budget - Plans, Promises and Presentation (Mind Your Business)

Blog articles

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Hyperinflated Fears (Boom and Bust blog article) 26 Apr 11
The Roosevelt Recession: Echoes Through History (Boom and Bust blog article) 01 Apr 11
Financing the State Payback (Boom and Bust blog article) 28 Mar 11
The IFS Analyses the Pain (Boom and Bust blog article) 25 Mar 11
CPI Losers and Winners (Boom and Bust blog article) 18 Mar 11
CPI or RPI: Measuring Prices (Boom and Bust blog article) 17 Mar 11
UK Monetary Policy (In the News) 11 Mar 11
Interest Rates in Brazil (In the News) 03 Mar 11
Cheese Parin' in Wisconsin (Boom and Bust blog article) 02 Mar 11
UK Monetary Policy (In the News) 24 Feb 11
Macroprudential Policy - the FPC (In the News) 18 Feb 11
UK Unemployment (In the News) 17 Feb 11
UK Inflation in January 2011 (In the News) 15 Feb 11
A Currency Alliance? (In the News) 14 Feb 11

Simulations, Games and Virtual Worlds
Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country (Virtual)
End of Term Quiz - Classroom Games (Games)
Guide for Teachers - Economic Growth - Classroom Games (Games)
Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (Virtual)
Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (U.S. version) (Virtual)
Virtual Economy (Virtual)

Finding out more...
A Supply Side Approach [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Balance of Payments Policies [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Boosting Growth - How Can We Grow More? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Causes - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Costs - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Costs of Economic Growth - Who Pays? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Costs of Inflation - Who Pays? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Costs of Unemployment - Who Pays? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Cures - Inflation - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Debt Ratio Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Deflationary Fiscal Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Demand-Side or Supply-Side - Tax as a Policy Tool [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Economic Growth [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Economic Growth Policies [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Economic Growth Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Elastic or Inelastic Demand - Who Pays How Much of the Tax? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation - Economic Indicators - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Explanation - Government Policy - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Explanation - Money markets - Markets - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Explanation of Debt Ratio [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Economic Growth [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Government Expenditure [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Income Tax [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Inflation [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Interest Rate [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of PSNCR [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of Unemployment [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation of VAT [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Explanation - Role of the Bank of England - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Further work - Money markets - Markets - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
GDP and International Comparisons [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
General Economic Management [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Government Expenditure Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Government Expenditure [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
History - Monetary policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Indirect Tax - What Happens to the Market Price? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Inflation Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Inflation Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Interest Rate Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Interest Rate Variation [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Introduction - Interest Rate Transmission Mechanism (General Resources)
Lewis's Dual Sector Model of Development [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Monetary Policy Committee - Monetary Policy - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Privatisation [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Progressive or Regressive - Who Pays What? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
PSNCR and the Trade Cycle - Why Does It Vary? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
PSNCR Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Reflationary Fiscal Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
The Causes of Economic Growth [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
The Causes of Inflation [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
The Laffer Curve - Who Pays How Much? [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Theories - Economic Indicators - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Theories - Money markets - Markets - Economics bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
Theories - Role of the Bank of England - External Environment - Business bank - Virtual Bank of Biz/ed (General Resources)
The Problems Associated with Inflation [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Trade - Worksheet - Trade Policy [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] (General Resources)
Unemployment and Voter Turnout Rates [Timeweb] (General Resources)
Unemployment Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Unemployment Theories [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Using Fiscal Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Using Monetary Policy [Virtual Economy] (General Resources)
Worksheet on Taxation (Tutor Version: Advanced) (General Resources)
Worksheet on Taxation (Tutor Version: Beginners) (General Resources)