TOPIC 1
Chapter 1
No references
Chapter 2
Page 34
For further information on trade agreements visit:
Page 40
For further information on international organisations
visit:
Chapter 3
Page 54
For further information on global aid issues, visit the
websites of the non-government aid and advocacy organization Oxfam
International and the Australian-based, youth-run aid organization
the Oaktree Foundation.
Page 62
For a critical view of the practices of transnational
corporations in developing countries, visit the websites of the
US based National Labor Committee or Corpwatch.
Case studies: Brazil and Poland
Page 79 and 88
For more information about the impacts of globalisation on Brazil and Poland,
visit the Leading Edge website. The site has weblinks to a range
of useful official and private sector websites on the Brazilian
and Polish economy:
www.leadingedge.com.au/
news/case_studies.html
TOPIC 2
Chapter 4 & 5
No references
Chapter 6
Page 133
For further information on Australian protection and trade agreements
visit:
Page 140
For further information about Australia’s future export patterns
visit the Economist’s Corner of the Austrade website:
TOPIC 3
Chapter 7
Page 146
To access articles and statistics about Australia’s GDP growth
rate visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics: www.abs.gov.au
Page 156
For further information on the recent economic growth performance
of the Australian economy, visit the recent speeches and publications
sections of the following websites:
Chapters 8 – 10
No references
Chapter 11
Page 216
For more information on inequality in income and wealth distribution
visit the Australian Council of Social Services: www.acoss.org.au
Chapter 12
Page 227
For more information about climate change, the Kyoto Protocol and
AP6 visit
Page 228
For further information about dry land salinity visit National Action
Plan for Salinity and Water Quality website: www.napswq.gov.au
Page 231
For more information on ecological footprints,
or to calculate your own ecological footprint visit www.ecologicalfootprint.org
Page 232
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TOPIC 4
Chapter 13
No references
Chapter 14
Page 248
For more information on the latest Budget or the Mid-Year Economic
and Fiscal Outlook statement go to www.budget.gov.au
Page 252
The Australian Council of Social Service examines changes in fiscal
policy each year in detail, and publishes reports that primarily
deal with the impact of budgetary changes on income distribution. These reports can be found at www.acoss.org.au
Page 262
From early June 2007 you can download the Budget edition of the
Leading Edge Economics Update from www.leadingedge.com.au
Chapter 15
Page 274
Whenever the RBA changes the cash rate, the Reserve Bank Governor
releases a statement to explain the RBA’s decision. These
statements, along with a range of other useful information, including
recent statistics and graphs about the performance of the Australian
economy are available at www.rba.gov.au
Chapter 16
Page 286
For additional information on microeconomic reform and structural
change visit:
Page 290
For more information on Australia’s trade and Industry policies
go to:
Chapter 17
Page 311
For more information on industrial relations, issues and policies
visit
Chapter 18
No references
APPENDIX A
Page 329
If you are looking for more information on skills in economics,
or for a full copy of the Economics syllabus go to NSW Board of
Studies: www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Page 338
Analyse statistics on trade and financial flows to determine
the nature and extent of global interdependence
Page 339
Assess the impact on the global economy of international
organisations and contemporary trading bloc agreements.
Assess the impact of development strategies used in a range
of contemporary and hypothetical situations
Analyse the impact of movements in the exchange rate on
the Australian economy
Page 340
Calculate and interpret the effects of changes in Australia’s
terms of trade index
Analyse alternative ways to finance a budget deficit and
their impact on the economy
Page 341
If you still haven’t had enough of economics, check
out some of the following websites.
- The blog of John Quiggin, an independently-minded Australian economist
who teaches at the University of Queensland: www.johnquiggin.com
- The website of Andrew Leigh, an economist at the Australian National
University, which features new ideas on economics, politics and
current events: www.andrewleigh.com
- The website of one of the world’s leading economic commentators,
Princeton Economics Professor and New York Times Columnist, Paul
Krugman: www.pkarchive.org
- Dedicated website of a US series, Commanding Heights, with economic
coverage of the events, countries, people, and ideas that shape
the global economy.
This is a great website for exploring: www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights
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