Economics (2 Viewers)

[beebeez]

Hey wats up everyone....

i'm just wondering if u need to know things such as philips curve in the HSC becuase its not exactly mentioned in the syllabus and some of the text books dont have them...

btw is anyone doing China for their case study??

i need some articles....soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lexie]

dont have to know of the philips curve, but itd be great if u did - works wonders for assessing the success of macro policy implementation

bee, ive done china for my eco case study. bit of a shoddy job, but i can swap notes and bleh with u

 

[Alex]

If you guys look closely enough at the syllabus it also doesnt state that you will be required to know comparative or absolute advantage.

 

[sif not 99]

everything extra you know has gotta help separate you from the rest of the competition, so know your phillips curve =)

I did Poland for my case study.

 

[Alex]

I am doing me South Korea

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by Alex
If you guys look closely enough at the syllabus it also doesnt state that you will be required to know comparative or absolute advantage.

but its highly recommended u have a good grasp of those concepts, coz u basically have to use that wen talking about the arguments for free trade and protection, among other things

i did South Korea too =)
i mean, u cant go wrong wit Daewoo, Hyundai and LG!

 

[beebeez]

Hey my icq is 64974415 so send me a msg if u wanna talk about China / eco stuff...=)

Hey does anyone here uses the Dixon books??

 

[Minai]

Leading Edge ones?
yep
I have the fat 2002 one
and fotocopies of the 4 sample answer books

they r realli good

 

[beebeez]

oh u think so??

how about the Tim Reily one???

everyone's using it....

 

[sif not 99]

I am using the Leading Edge book and I really trust my teachers judgement, hes a head marker of economics at the BoS and does work for their syllabuses and stuff and he reckons this one is better.
By the way I went to a lecture day with Reilly and Dixon and both do seem to know their stuff really well but I dunno, DIxon seems to be better at explaining.

 

[Minai]

i havent seen read the tim riley one

our school provides us with the John Bulmer - Updated Economics 2002 ones

 

[Gamma]

Hey did anyone goto the Economics Lecture day out at Sydney Uni?

Was it much help cause our skool didnt get told about it until it was too late?
Please reply and tell me the main structure of the lecture day.....what u learnt etc.....

Thanks Guys~!

 

[Minai]

yes yes, i went, so did Alex

how useful it was depended on how much u knew/have been taught already

I already knew most of wat was taught, but some areas i was a bit shaky on, and the notes kinda explain things that the text books are weak on...also probably the most important stuff was the Gittins articles and essays. He explains the current situation in regard to the economic issues, with the major issue being the government's disregard for using fiscal policy to achieve external balance - ie the govt doesnt care about CAD anymore

if i get time, ill scan the notes, but u see its well over 100 pages...

 

[Big Willy]

Yeah... i'm doing vietnam for my case study.
Its pretty good coz vietnam is going stucual change to its economy.
Its relaxing on the communist reforms and leglislation etc... so i have a lot to talk about

 

[Big Willy]

Gittens!!

Hey Minai, have u seen Gitten's picture on the SMH!!
Its hilarious! hahaha
Has anyone else seen it? its like, "get a new photo gitz"

 

[ice_cream]

hey i use the John Bulmer one too....my teacher says that his notes are very in depth and detailed...but everone in my class complains that he is toooo detailed...
so we made our teacher photocopy parts of the dixon and riley for us...
what are the model answers for the dixon 1s like? has anyone seen them yet?

 

[ice_cream]

btw...would anyone have any notes on last topic?
i can swap with the first 2 topics..and a bit of the third topic...cos that's all i did upto...

 

[Minai]

yes, Bulmer goes off into his own world sometimes
but yeah, its got depth

I have notes on topic 4, but i never type them - only written, so it'll be hard to get em to u...

 

[ice_cream]

yeah i totally agree...cos i was reading some of the stuff on fiscal policy...and i was like thinking...what the *beep* is it going on about...
can you scan them? please please....and to tell you the truth i can never be bothered to type my notes either..so i always get them off my friends....

 

[sif not 99]

yeah i have dixons model answer series and they are worth the money, they really are good, no i cant scan them it would take a whole day and I have 56k and would take about 4 days to upload it all.

dont be cheap, go buy.