A-Level经济学习有用的资源详情

　　A Level经济对中国学生来说是一门较难的学科，希望以下资源对你的经济学习有所帮助。

　　以下是有参考价值的网站

　　Tutor2u

　　http://www.tutor2u.com/

　　This is the one I‘m always talking aboutand you should use regularly links to articles, exam techniques and hints. Plusexplanations of a range of topics

　　Economics Help

　　http://www.economicshelp.org

　　A really good economics resourcecentre,put together by an Economics teacher which aims to simplifyeconomicsprinciples and terms. It is aimed at the AS/A2 student, and has up todatestats and even allows you to ask questions (but will not do your homeworkorcalculations for you – which I think is fair)

　　Economysection of the BBC

　　http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/economy/

　　The Economy section of the BBCwebsiteprovides a range of up to date (not too long) Economics articlesandstatistics, often with a short video.

　　Bryn’sAS Economics Blog

　　http://brynsaseconomicsblog.blogspot.co.uk/

　　This is an excellent website with linkstoarticles/websites and videos, often with comprehension questionsattached.Resources categorized into AS subjects.

　　TIMHARFORD

　　http://timharford.com/

　　“Tim Harfordis anauthor, columnist for the Financial Times and presenter of Radio 4‘s”Moreor Less“. You will have realised that Tim is one of the peopleI listen toand read, not only because he is informative, but he puts things ina funway.This website links to his articles, books, appearances and mediabroadcasts.

　　Thestory of stuff

　　http://www.storyofstuff.org/

　　This is an excellent website coveringarange of economic and environmental issues – entertaining to watch BUTonesided views and VERY American. Irecommend the 20 minutes “The Story ofStuff” video. Very good for externalities.

　　TwitterFeeds 以下是 “推特”上有用的资源

　　Businessteacher @Busecon2012

　　“Head ofBusinessand Economics at Beal”

　　Paul Mason @paulmasonnews

　　Newsnight’s economics editor. AuthorofMeltdown; Live Working or Die Fighting; Rare Earth; Why It‘s KickingOffEverywhere. Visiting prof wlv.ac.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/paulmason

　　Tutor2 @tutor2u

　　General links to articles andhighlightingsubject relevant information. Seems to be a lot on Harrogateandfootball, though!

　　Tim Harford @TimHarford

　　“Author ofAdapt;Undercover Economist at the FT; presenter of More or Less, Radio 4.(Email v/website is best for important messages.) Views my own, ofcourse.”

　　GeoffRiley @tutor2u_econ

　　“Economist,Teacher,co-Founder of Tutor2u, O2 Smarta Award Winner for 2011. Fellow ofRoyal Societyof Arts, Sports coach, avid sports fan! Harrogate Town“

　　The Economist@TheEconomist

　　Official site for The Economist. Followforarticle updates, events and news from The Economist.

　　AdamSmithInstitute @ASI

　　“The AdamSmithInstitute is the UK’s leading libertarian think tank. It engineerspolicies tocreate a freer, more prosperous society.” (Right leaning, IMO)

　　EvanDavis@EvanHD

　　“This is theblokeon the Radio 4 Today programme, Dragons‘ Den and the Bottom Line. Authorof MadeinBritain.These are only my views - the BBC has no views”

　　The NewEconomicsFoundation @theneweconomics

　　“nef isanindependent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates realeconomicwell-being”. (Left leaning IMO)

　　StephanieFlanders@BBCStephanie

　　“EconomicsEditorfor the BBC” http://www.bbc.co.uk/stephanieflanders

　　GlobalDevelopment@GdnDevelopment

　　“Join thedebateabout how to solve the world’s biggest problems on the Guardian‘sglobaldevelopment site. Talk to us here or viadevelopment@guardian.co.uk”Particularly good, of course, for development topicsin unit 4 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development

　　参考图书

　　Anderton, Alan

　　Economics (Pearson educational)

　　An in depth text book covering allaspectsof the AS and A2 syllabus, with examination questions, case studies,chaptersummaries, diagrams and key terms.

　　Smith, Peter

　　Advanced Economics (PhilipAlan Updates)

　　Although written for the OCR syllabus,ithas good coverage of the syllabuses and includes diagrams, chaptersummariesalthough the questions are not as regular as I would like.

　　Gillespie,Andrew

　　Economics Through Diagrams (Oxford Revision Guides)

　　This is an excellent book, which goes ingreat detail on the explanation of all the diagrams you could find in AS andA2Economics. Also has good explanation of economic terms

　　Economic Review

　　Various authors (Philip AllanUpdates)

　　Covers a number of real life current economicissues with explanation of the economic theories and diagrams behind them. Alsocovers exam questions with model answers. Published 4 times a year