HSC Study

HSC Topic One - The Global Economy

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Lessons

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What the syllabus asks

Examine economic issues

  • examine the effects of globalisation on economic growth and the quality of life, levels of unemployment, rates of inflation and external stability

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  • assess the potential impact on the environment of continuing world economic development

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  • investigate the global distribution of income and wealth

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  • assess the consequences of an unequal distribution of global income and wealth

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  • discuss the effects of protectionist policies on the global economy

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Apply economic skills

  • analyse statistics on trade and financial flows to determine the nature and extent of global interdependence

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  • assess the impact on the global economy of international organisations and contemporary trading bloc agreements

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  • evaluate the impact of development strategies used in a range of contemporary and hypothetical situations.

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International economic integration

  • the global economy

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  • Gross World Product

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  • globalisation

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    • trade in goods and services

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    • financial flows

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    • investment and transnational corporations

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    • technology, transport and communication

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    • international division of labour, migration

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  • the international and regional business cycles

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Trade, financial flows and foreign investment

  • the basis of free trade - its advantages and disadvantages

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  • role of international organisations - WTO, IMF, World Bank, United Nations, OECD

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  • influence of government economic forums - G20, G7/8

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  • trading blocs, monetary unions and free trade agreements

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    • advantages and disadvantages of multilateral (EU, APEC, NAFTA, ASEAN) and bilateral agreements

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Protection

  • reasons for protection - infant industry argument, domestic employment, dumping, defence

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  • methods of protection and the effects of protectionist policies on the domestic and global economy - tariffs, subsidies, quotas, local content rules, export incentives

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Globalisation and economic development

  • differences between economic growth and economic development

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  • distribution of income and wealth

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  • income and quality of life indicators

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  • developing economies, emerging economies, advanced economies

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  • reasons for differences between nations

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  • effects of globalisation

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  • trade, investment and transnational corporations

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  • environmental sustainability

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  • the international business cycle.

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Case study

  • Undertake a case study of the influence of globalisation on an economy other than Australia, including an evaluation of the strategies used to promote economic growth and development in this economy.

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Wording is the official syllabus, read from the NESA document by a parser. The full document.