A-Level Economics and IGCSE Business at St. Lawrence College, Athens

I’ve done all the hard work – actually finding the essential articles. Now all you have to do is read them and think about them. What’s stopping you? Get reading and let me know what you think.

This article from the Economist suggests market forces be allowed into the market for human kidneys…controversial! What do you think?

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8173039

Here is a difficult article about the mysterious world of hedge funds. Do hedge fund managers charge too much for their services? 2% of the capital and 20% of profit seems a lot when hedge funds returns are falling…

http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8173853

Here is an obituary of Milton Friedman, one of the leading economists of the 20th century, who died in November 2006. He was a great supprter of market forces being left to allocate resources.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1950203,00.html

Here is an article from the BBC about indirect tax and the paying of tax on alcohol and tobacco within the EU. Good for Lower VI pupils studying indirect tax for module 1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6175370.stm

Here’s an article from the Economist on trade talks “The Doha Round” of talks aimed at freeing up world trade. Can they succeed? Will the Europeans drop their agricultural protectionist measures? Does President Bush understand this? Read on. http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8522303