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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.
Game - Gender pay gap
The task is to produce a one-page poster that addresses the following:
• Do you think that the gender pay gap is a problem – and why?
• What do you think that the government could require or encourage firms to do?
• Are there are other policy changes that could help to reduce the gender pay gap?
Game - How should we measure progress?
The task is to produce a one-page poster presenting an initial idea for a new measure of progress as an economic consultant
Game - The Auction Game
The task is to participate in the auction game run as a Japanese-style auction.
Game - The robots invasion
Task is to produce a poster board with policy advice on how to deal with the challenges and opportunities that arise with the increase in robotics in the country.
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 - 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.