Resources created by Tom Furber, an economics tutor.
This page contains various notes and resources suitable for undergraduate economics courses.
I have based these resources on my experience of studying Economics at Cambridge at undergraduate and Master’s level, as well as my undergraduate economics tutoring experience.
Contents
Introductory articles for undergraduate economics
What kind of maths is in an economics degree? (A video)
How to get a head start to university economics.
Reading economics papers – where to start.
How to read economics papers – a few tips.
The economics of going to university – signalling or skills?
12 tips for how to score highly in undergraduate economics
Undergraduate economics notes on various topics
Utility maximisation and indifference curves – an introduction.
Articles relating to economic researchers and ideas
Labour markets
Will robots take our jobs? What economists say about AI
Why Goldin won the Economics Nobel Prize – 5 key takeaways
Maths in economics
5 ways economics uses statistics – correlation and causation
6 key marginal equations in economics and how they apply to the real world
Behavioural economics
10 behavioural biases that affect our decisions (and how to avoid them)
Development economics and long run economic growth
Why are some countries rich and others poor? The role of institutions
Has microfinance worked? The power of randomised control trials
Public economics
Why governments save some firms but not others
How free markets can provide public goods
Thinking like an economist
3 economic fallacies explained
How to apply to university for economics
Please see the link here to a separate page on economics university applications.
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