CAIE · a-level
9708 Economics
Syllabus-aligned lessons for Cambridge 9708. Open a topic for the full lesson, or jump straight to flashcards, FAQ, quiz and practice — then mark a real past-paper question.
Topics
- 1.1Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
- 1.2Economic methodology
- 1.3Factors of production
- 1.4Resource allocation in different economic systems
- 1.5Production possibility curves
- 1.6Classification of goods and services
- 2.1Demand and supply curves
- 2.2Price elasticity of demand
- 2.3Price elasticity of supply
- 2.4The interaction of demand and supply
- 2.5Consumer and producer surplus
- 3.1Reasons for government intervention in markets
- 3.2Methods and effects of government intervention in markets
- 3.3Addressing income and wealth inequality
- 4.1National income statistics
- 4.2Introduction to the circular flow of income
- 4.3Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
- 4.4Economic growth
- 4.5Unemployment
- 4.6Price stability
- 5.1Government macroeconomic policy objectives
- 5.2Fiscal policy
- 5.3Monetary policy
- 5.4Supply-side policy
- 6.1The reasons for international trade
- 6.2Protectionism
- 6.3Current account of the balance of payments
- 6.4Exchange rates
- 6.5Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments
- 7.1Utility
- 7.2Indifference curves and budget lines
- 7.3Efficiency and market failure
- 7.4Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits
- 7.5Types of cost, revenue and profit, short run and long run production
- 7.6Different market structures
- 7.7Growth and survival of firms
- 7.8Differing objectives and policies of firms
- 8.1Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure
- 8.2Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
- 8.3Labour market forces and government intervention
- 9.1The circular flow of income
- 9.2Economic growth and sustainability
- 9.3Employment/unemployment
- 9.4Money and banking
- 10.1Government macroeconomic policy objectives
- 10.2Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness
- 10.3Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives
- 11.1Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments
- 11.2Exchange rates
- 11.3Economic development
- 11.4Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
- 11.5Relationship between countries at different levels of development
- 11.6Globalisation