The economist- paper (1 Viewer)

[sivpr1]

Hi
I am in yr 11, going to be in Yr 12 and was thinking of subscribing to the "ECONOMIST" so it can help me in HSC economics course..
so what dp you think about the paper or would you suggest another paper altogether.
Thanks

 

[BLIT2014]

You should read a variety of papers...

SMH ~ Gittens is probably the most straight forward to your average HSC student


Should give us more information i.e how much you 'get economic' concepts without lots of explaining etc

 

[mreditor16]

Hi
I am in yr 11, going to be in Yr 12 and was thinking of subscribing to the "ECONOMIST" so it can help me in HSC economics course..
so what dp you think about the paper or would you suggest another paper altogether.
Thanks

In my opinion, The Economist is a bit excessive for the purposes of HSC. All that is enough is something like subscribing to SMH Business section and monitoring stories and expert analysis (most eco teachers love ross gittins ) and picking up any good examples or stats from these articles.

EDIT - Also, if I may add so, The Australian is quite good, but don't bother subscribing just for that. You might want to borrow a copy of it from your school once in a while, where your school should be getting a copy daily. But be careful as some of their commentators are perceived to be overly biased in their treatment of economic issues that involve politics. Also, The Australian is good to refer to the day after RBA announces its monetary policy changes (i.e. the dthe ay after first Tuesday of each month), as they provide an excellent annotation (with stats and examples) of the RBA statement.

 

[Sherlock]

Thomas Farmarkis, state ranker for Economics in 2010, said he subscribed to the Economist. Entirely up to you.

 

[Iwillget9995]

I've read the Economist since year 7... it won't be helpful. It's not really about economics in a way that's helpful to the HSC, more of a dicussion of world affairs. The most helpful thing by far is getting to know Monetary Policy Statements.