12/21/2025 · 5 min read
Why Does Differentiation Feel So Mechanical at First in IB Maths?Differentiation often feels mechanical in IB Maths. Learn why, common misunderstandings, FAQs, and exam tips.
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12/14/2025 · 4 min read
Why Do Businesses Care About Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand?Learn why businesses use cross-price elasticity to understand substitutes, complements, and competitive market strategies.
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How Trade Barriers Affect EconomiesTrade barriers like tariffs and quotas raise prices, reduce efficiency, and disrupt global markets. Learn how these policies impact consumers, firms, and growth.
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How Do Behavioural Biases Influence Decision-Making?Learn how behavioural biases influence decision-making through emotions, shortcuts, misjudgments, and predictable irrationality.
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Why Sustainable Development Is So DifficultSustainable development is challenging due to economic trade-offs, resource limits, global inequalities, and policy constraints. Learn why progress remains slow worldwide.
12/14/2025 · 4 min read
How Fiscal Policy Influences the EconomyFiscal policy affects demand, employment, and growth through government spending and taxation. Learn how it stabilizes the economy and shapes long-term outcomes.
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Why Inflation Expectations Matter for PolicyInflation expectations shape wage-setting, spending, and economic stability. Learn why central banks monitor expectations closely and how they influence policy decisions.
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Why Aggregate Demand Matters for StabilityAggregate demand shapes inflation, output, and employment. Learn why maintaining stable AD is essential for economic stability and long-term growth.
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Why Are Common Pool Resources Often Overused?Learn why common pool resources are often overused due to lack of ownership, free-rider behaviour, and incentives to exploit shared goods.
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How Does Market Power Allow Firms to Influence Prices? Learn how firms with market power influence prices through control over output, barriers to entry, and strategic behaviour.
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How Do Capacity Constraints Limit Firms’ Ability to Respond to Price Changes?Learn how capacity constraints limit firms’ ability to respond to price changes, affecting supply elasticity and market stability.
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Challenges That Limit Development PoliciesDevelopment policies face challenges like weak institutions, corruption, limited funding, and external shocks. Learn why development progress is often slow and uneven.
12/14/2025 · 4 min read
What Drives Long-Term Economic Growth?Long-term growth is powered by productivity, technology, capital, labor, and strong institutions. Learn how these factors shape sustainable economic expansion.
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How Does Income Elasticity Reveal Whether Goods Are Necessities or Luxuries?Learn how income elasticity of demand helps identify whether goods are necessities or luxuries based on consumer responses to income changes.
12/14/2025 · 4 min read
Why Does Production Time Affect the Elasticity of Supply?Learn why production time influences the elasticity of supply by limiting or enabling how quickly firms can respond to price changes.
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What Determines Short-Run Aggregate Supply?Short-run aggregate supply depends on production costs, wages, resource prices, and expectations. Learn the key factors that shift SRAS in the economy.
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Why Current Account Deficits MatterCurrent account deficits affect debt, exchange rates, and economic stability. Learn why deficits occur, when they are risky, and how they shape long-term performance.
12/14/2025 · 4 min read
Why is unemployment so difficult to eliminate completely?Unemployment persists even in strong economies due to frictional, structural, and cyclical factors. Learn why full elimination is impossible and how policy responds.
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Why Is Supply Responsiveness Crucial for Market Stability?Learn why responsive supply is crucial for market stability, helping prevent shortages, surpluses, and extreme price fluctuations.
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How Market Failures Interact in Real EconomiesMarket failures rarely occur alone. Learn how externalities, information gaps, market power, and public goods interact to shape real economic outcomes.
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Why Does Asymmetric Information Lead to Market Inefficiency?Learn why asymmetric information leads to market inefficiency by causing adverse selection, moral hazard, and distorted decision-making.
12/14/2025 · 4 min read
How Monetary Policy Stabilises the Economy Monetary policy stabilises the economy by managing interest rates, money supply, and expectations. Learn how central banks reduce inflation and support growth.
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The Key Limitations of GDP as a MeasureGDP measures output but overlooks inequality, environment, and well-being. Learn the major limitations of GDP and why economists use additional indicators.
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Why Countries Engage in TradeCountries trade to access more goods, specialize efficiently, lower costs, and improve living standards. Learn the core economic reasons behind global trade.
