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Game - Be the Chancellor
Welcome, Chancellor. Congratulations on your appointment. We’ve prepared this tool to help you set your tax and spending plans for the next five years. Make policy changes, adjust assumptions about growth and interest rates, and see the effects on borrowing and debt.
Lecture - Diversity in economics
This lecture addresses the diversity problem in economics and explains why it matters.
Lecture - How to save the world like an economist
This lecture addresses the role of the economist by exploring the economist's toolbox.
Lecture - Talking about Econ
This lecture addresses some faulty perceptions of what economics is by exploring what economists really do.
Lesson - Cost-benefit analysis in Healthcare
To introduce students to the concept of the analysis of healthcare benefits and costs of healthcare interventions to inform decision-making.
Lesson - Introduction to Health Economics
This lesson plan aims to provide an introductory understanding of health economics. Tailor the activities and materials based on the students’ prior knowledge and the depth required for their curriculum.
Lesson - Tax Facts
Tax Facts is HM Revenue and Customs’ free tax education programme for primary and secondary school students. It has resources to help children and young people learn about the UK tax system, from lesson plans to videos.
Lesson - Young Economist of the Year
This 1-hour lesson introduces our Young Economist of the Year competition for 2024, and supports students to start building their response to one of our 5 questions for this year.
Lesson and Video - What will the NHS look like at 100?
The Health Foundation's REAL annual lecture focused on the question of "What will the NHS look like at 100?" This lesson goes alongside the video to support students' understanding of the economics involved in this question.