COMPULSORY TASK:

In order to prepare you for the step up from Y12-Y13, we would like you to complete the tasks in the document below. 

All tasks will have an assignment on Google Classroom, to which you must upload them by 4th September 2026.

Year 13 Economics Summer Tasks Sheet

If you have any questions, please email r.mcgregor@springwoodhighschool.co.uk

OPTIONAL EXTENSION:

From the list of Additional Reading below, write a review of key concepts, approximately two pages, you have found within one book.

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING:
General Economics
Edible Economics – Ha-Joon Chang
The Undercover Economist – Tim Harford
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – Tim Harford
Economic Facts and Fallacies – Thomas Sowell
Financial Economics
Money in One Lesson – Gavin Jackson
Behavioural Economics
Nudge – Ricard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
Misbehaving – Richard Thaler
Data and Econometrics
Freakonomics – Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
History and Economic Systems
The Shortest History of Economics – Andrew Leigh
Hayek vs Keynes – Thomas Hoerber
Adam Smith (Biography) – Jesse Norman
International Economics and Globalisation
Bad Samaritans – Ha-Joon Chang
Environmental Economics
Doughnut Economics – Kate Raworth