The Wider Economic Environment and Business for A2

Authors: Ian Etherington and Nancy Wall
ISBN: 978-1-905504-33-6
Publication Date: August 2009
Price: £8.95 per single copy, £7.95 per copy when 10 or more copies are ordered direct.

This book has been written specifically as a student handbook for Unit 4b of the Edexcel Economics and Business Studies A Level.
The authors are Chief Examiner, Ian Etherington and Nancy Wall, who is Editor of Teaching Business and Economics.
The new book is A4 size and in full colour.

The full contents of this book are:

Do Markets Always Work?

• How markets work
• What market failure means
• What externalities are and how they affect an economy
• To what extent are externalities acceptable?
• What the government can do about it.

Can the Government Control the Economy?

• Fiscal policy
• Macro-economic stabilisation
• Supply side policy
• Policy in an open economy
• The effectiveness of macro policy

Should Markets be Regulated?

• Why regulation is needed
• What the government does
• The effects of policies and the implications for business

Should the Government Intervene in Society?

• Why the government redistributes wealth
• How and why the government regulates behaviour
• Health issues
• The environment
• Transport
• The implications for business