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IGCSE (0455) AS Level (9708) A Level (9708)

Cambridge International A Level Economics (9708), syllabus 2026–2028: Units 7–11. Notes follow the syllabus by topic and learning objective, with worked calculations, Paper 4 practice and exemplar 20-mark essays. AS content is assumed knowledge. Independent resource by Sanjay Rajawat; not endorsed by Cambridge International Education.

Unit 7: The Price System and the Microeconomy 🔒 Subscription Required
7.1 Utility
7.2 Indifference Curves and Budget Lines
7.3 Efficiency and Market Failure
7.4 Private Costs and Benefits, Externalities and Social Costs and Benefits
7.5 Types of Cost, Revenue and Profit, Short-run and Long-run Production
7.6 Different Market Structures
7.7 Growth and Survival of Firms
7.8 Differing Objectives and Policies of Firms
📝 Unit 7 Case Studies – Paper 4 style data response with mark scheme
Unit 8: Government Microeconomic Intervention 🔒 Subscription Required
8.1 Government Policies to Achieve Efficient Resource Allocation and Correct Market Failure
8.2 Equity and Redistribution of Income and Wealth
8.3 Labour Market Forces and Government Intervention
📝 Unit 8 Case Studies – Paper 4 style data response with mark scheme
Unit 9: The Macroeconomy 🔒 Subscription Required
9.1 The Circular Flow of Income
9.2 Economic Growth and Sustainability
9.3 Employment and Unemployment
9.4 Money and Banking
📝 Unit 9 Case Studies – Paper 4 style data response with mark scheme
Unit 10: Government Macroeconomic Intervention 🔒 Subscription Required
10.1 Government Macroeconomic Policy Objectives
10.2 Links Between Macroeconomic Problems and Their Interrelatedness
10.3 Effectiveness of Policy Options to Meet All Macroeconomic Objectives
📝 Unit 10 Case Studies – Paper 4 style data response with mark scheme
Unit 11: International Economic Issues 🔒 Subscription Required
11.1 Policies to Correct Imbalances in the Current Account of the Balance of Payments
11.2 Exchange Rates
11.3 Economic Development
11.4 Characteristics of Countries at Different Levels of Development
11.5 Relationship Between Countries at Different Levels of Development
11.6 Globalisation
📝 Unit 11 Case Studies – Paper 4 style data response with mark scheme