Shifting cost curves
This worksheet has two parts: Part 1 is scaffholded to ask students whether the cost is fixed or variable and then which curve(s) shift. Part 2 looks at the trickier examples that are similar on the surface, but actually different.
A Short History of Economics in Rhythm and Rhyme podcast
This is from Economics in Ten podcast, a special episode. Pete and Gav climb into a metaphorical time machine and travel through economic history, touching on the great economists and their ideas in rhyming verse. It’s exactly as gloriously unhinged as it sounds, and there’s a ten-question quiz at the end to see how much has stuck. Firmly in the fun enrichment category: not spec-focused, but genuinely enjoyable, and good for the last lesson before a break or as a lighthearted
Happiness Economics podcast
This is from Economics in Ten podcast, a special episode. Departing from the economist-biography format, this special looks at happiness economics as a growing field in its own right, examining how economists have tried to measure wellbeing beyond GDP, what the research says about what actually makes people happy, and how this is beginning to influence policy. It’s a natural companion to teaching on the limitations of GDP as a measure of living standards, and the broader ques