Grade 8 Economics Program


This is a representative list of topics covered in our Grade 8 Economics program - however all programs will be customized for the individual student.


  ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

  • Similarities and Differences in Economic Systems
  • Traditional, Command and Market Economics
  • Measures of Economic Activity
  • Expansion, Recession and Depression in the Economy

 

  MARKETS AND THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS

  • Market Transactions
  • Costs and Benefits of Competition
  • Function of Money
  • Economic Institutions
  • Changes in Supply and Demand
  • Forces that can change Price
  • Sources of Tax Revenue
  • Economic Roles for Governments
  • Public Goods
  • Costs and Benefits of Taxation
  • Impact of Media on the Cost and Benefits of Decisions
  • Exchange Rates

  SCARCITY AND CHOICE

  • Scarcity and Limited Resources
  • Economic Reasoning of Choices
  • Allocation of Resources
  • Marginal Analysis and Decision-making
  • Opportunity Cost
  • Incentives

  ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE

  • Specialization
  • Trade
  • Implementation or Reduction of Trade Barriers
  • Global Production and Consumption of Goods or Services
  • Comparative Advantage
  • Geographic Patterns of Economic Activities

  WORK AND EARNINGS

  • Factors influencing Wages
  • Labor Productivity
  • Types of Businesses
  • Profits and Losses
  • Distribution of Wealth
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Costs and Benefits of Saving
  • Impact of Interest Rates

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