Thailand. land of the baht

Do you believe the Central bank governor or do you think she's bluffing? Might be worth talking about in a commentary

Thailand will not put ceiling on baht-c.bank

Evaluation

I never stop talking about it, I know.

Some ideas from a recent IB examiners course are in the PowerPoint presentation below. Please take note!

http://base.google.com/base/a/1543614/D16097099734123917191

Mr W

IB Revision Guide

I've uploaded a pdf file of the revision guide in the library so that you don't all have to fight over the same one.

HOWEVER!

I do so with the following warnings:

• It is not absolutely comprehensive
• It doesn't always explain ideas, just gives the outline of them
• It will not in itself answer essays - you need to do some work on brainstorming essay answers and logical idea flows (A > B > C)
• IT DOES NOT TEACH EVALUATION - this is where a lot of your marks are going to come from!

This may be a good resource for your revision, but it will not in itself be the answer to your revision.

That said, I hope it's useful

Mr W

http://base.google.com/base/a/1543614/D13150297098557151495

P.S. Please don't print it out at school. The idea of it being a pdf is that you don't need to. If you do, a 90-odd page pdf will block up the printer for about 30 minutes, which will lose you many friends.

Macroeconomics Notes

I've received from a friend of mine some macroeconomics notes which you may find useful for revision or if you want another way into the topics. You should be able to get them at:
http://base.google.com/base/a/1543614/D4917446654718508178
Mr W

More commentary ideas

Hi All,

I'm sure I've said it many times, but if you stlil need guidance on finding sources:

Google News search what you want to write your topic on (monopoly, merit goods, externalities etc) and this should give you some ideas of which topics to look at. Then search again for news articles whichare about that topic (oil prices, state monopolies etc). Alternatively, check out the news feed on the homepage of this blog (but remember that you can't use articles from it as it's not a news source)

For now, here are some ideas:

Crowding out - Prague's City-Wide Free Wireless Project Runs Into Telcom Opposition
Monopoly / oligopoly - Ofcom to investigate pay TV market
Barriers to development - Firms struggle in crumbling Nigeria
International competitiveness - New EU states 'poor competitors'