| Floor |
Rooms |
Contents |
| Ground floor |
Chancellor's Office |
General advice on running the economy and economic targets. |
| Information |
A students' guide, a teachers' guide, details about the model and details of the organisations involved in creating the Virtual Economy. |
| 1st floor - Case Studies |
People |
Case studies looking at the effects of a variety of policies on families with different income levels. |
| Business |
Case studies looking at the effect of different policies on five very different firms. |
| Government |
Case studies looking at the sort of policies that governments of different political complexions may adopt. |
| 2nd floor - Economic Policy |
Advisors |
General advice on running the economy and more specific advice on fiscal and monetary policy. |
| Policy tools |
The main policy tools are income tax, VAT (and other indirect taxes), government expenditure and interest rates. For each policy tool there is an explanation, relevant theories and worksheets. |
| Outcomes |
The main policy tools are unemployment, inflation, economic growth, the PSNCR and the debt ratio. For each outcome there is an explanation, relevant theories and worksheets. |
| 3rd floor - Library |
Economists |
In this room there is full information on a variety of economists; biographies, details of their work, theories and policies. You can choose from a timeline. |
| Theory |
In this room there are full details of Neo-classical, Keynesian and Monetarist theory. |
| Glossary |
A full glossary of all economic terms used in the Virtual Economy. Clicking on the book icon anywhere in the site will take you to the glossary. |
