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I am struggling on an EPQ question and want to do it economics related. I was thinking “to what extent are recessions inevitable and should we stop trying to prevent them and find ways alternative and successful ways to live with them”It’s not a great questions so if anyone has any ideas it would really help that you
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I think doing a To what extent question is a good idea. If I were you I would shorten the question a little bit. Part of doing an EPQ involves completing the assessment booklet alongside it where you talk about your journey in the subject. So you can say your initial question was long and then explain why you decided to narrow the focus in order to get some easy marks.
You should consider making the question even more clearly focused, for example asking to what extent was the recession in the UK inevitable in 2008.
Students often ask very broad questions and it makes the content of their projects too wide to be able to give a good answer to the question. A narrow focus gives you a clearer structure.
Also, something to consider is if you are doing Economics A-Level then you cannot do a project that covers the content on your syllabus. So if recessions or economic cycles is something you have learned about then you can't do it.
You should consider making the question even more clearly focused, for example asking to what extent was the recession in the UK inevitable in 2008.
Students often ask very broad questions and it makes the content of their projects too wide to be able to give a good answer to the question. A narrow focus gives you a clearer structure.
Also, something to consider is if you are doing Economics A-Level then you cannot do a project that covers the content on your syllabus. So if recessions or economic cycles is something you have learned about then you can't do it.
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Thank you!! I do study economics so that’s a very good point. Do you have any ideas that could be economics related?
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Thank you!! I do study economics so that’s a very good point. Do you have any ideas that could be economics related?
Thank you!! I do study economics so that’s a very good point. Do you have any ideas that could be economics related?
Much of the subject involves doing some kind of statistical analysis and you don't have the tools to do that before getting to University. Potentially looking at the economic profile of a developing part of the world might be a good idea. You might ask what are the main barriers to economic growth in Subsaharan Africa for example. Then you could think about how that region differs from the developing world. For example, is there a lack of natural resources/education preventing development? You don't need cold hard data to do that as a topic.
Let me know what your plan for University is and I can give you further advice.
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Thank you!! I do study economics so that’s a very good point. Do you have any ideas that could be economics related?
Thank you!! I do study economics so that’s a very good point. Do you have any ideas that could be economics related?
In relation to your OP, u can look at Joseph Schumpeter and F.A Hayek as both looked at recessions - the latter focused on the supply of money and its relation to recessions. These 2 economists are harder to access but had a significant impact on economic theory.
Honestly if you just snoop around, you'll find something that excites you. My EPQ question was ' To what extent is government policy in the economies of the UK and US responsible for the rise of rentier capitalism? ' - I only came to it after months of watching lectures and reading articles so take your time because you want to pick an area that is NOT boring and interests you enough to put the work in.
Other topics that might be of interest :
- Neocolonialism
- Structural Adjustment Programmes and the IMF
- Monetary systems and how they have changed ( Richard Werner did a mad interview on RT which might be interesting )
- Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China
- Some interesting things u might like include The Princes of Yen, Trump's biggest mistake ( its a youtube video on geopolitics but a good watch)
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As previously said, most of research papers in Economics at the university level often involves advanced econometric regression analysis and tests. This is obviously not expected of you in your EPQ.
But if you want to go the extra mile, maybe familiarize yourself with Excel? Creating Pivot tables, graphs, and simple tests? It would be an amazing thing to be able to talk about in a personal statement or such because it shows an appreciation of Economics as a quantitative discipline.
But if you want to go the extra mile, maybe familiarize yourself with Excel? Creating Pivot tables, graphs, and simple tests? It would be an amazing thing to be able to talk about in a personal statement or such because it shows an appreciation of Economics as a quantitative discipline.
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Hiya I love the idea of looking at developing countries economies thank you!! I am looking at doing a combined course with economics or doing business management. I’m currently really enjoying economics alevel but I am aware at university it does become extremely maths heavy and I don’t really want to do that. So I’m thinking a combined course might lower the amount of maths I will have to do
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Hiya I love the idea of looking at developing countries economies thank you!! I am looking at doing a combined course with economics or doing business management. I’m currently really enjoying economics alevel but I am aware at university it does become extremely maths heavy and I don’t really want to do that. So I’m thinking a combined course might lower the amount of maths I will have to do
Hiya I love the idea of looking at developing countries economies thank you!! I am looking at doing a combined course with economics or doing business management. I’m currently really enjoying economics alevel but I am aware at university it does become extremely maths heavy and I don’t really want to do that. So I’m thinking a combined course might lower the amount of maths I will have to do
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Ohh okay have you heard anything about business management and if people are enjoying it
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Ohh okay have you heard anything about business management and if people are enjoying it
Ohh okay have you heard anything about business management and if people are enjoying it
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oh okay that makes sense. I am still uncertain about what I want to do in the future. I did an investment banking course and it really wasn’t for me so I know I don’t want to go into that. Do u know any combined courses that have economics involved but isn’t too maths focused. I saw a finance, international business and economics one at Manchester that I liked the look of because the advanced maths module was optional. But obviously that’s a very specific course and not available in a lot of places. So yeah do you know any other combined courses with economics that people do?
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oh okay that makes sense. I am still uncertain about what I want to do in the future. I did an investment banking course and it really wasn’t for me so I know I don’t want to go into that. Do u know any combined courses that have economics involved but isn’t too maths focused. I saw a finance, international business and economics one at Manchester that I liked the look of because the advanced maths module was optional. But obviously that’s a very specific course and not available in a lot of places. So yeah do you know any other combined courses with economics that people do?
oh okay that makes sense. I am still uncertain about what I want to do in the future. I did an investment banking course and it really wasn’t for me so I know I don’t want to go into that. Do u know any combined courses that have economics involved but isn’t too maths focused. I saw a finance, international business and economics one at Manchester that I liked the look of because the advanced maths module was optional. But obviously that’s a very specific course and not available in a lot of places. So yeah do you know any other combined courses with economics that people do?
If you want to minimize the amount of maths that you will do, look into joint-honours degrees, such as Economics and Philosophy, Economics and Politics, etc. Essentially any degree which combines Economics with an arts subject will have less maths than a pure Economics degree. I will note though that maths is pretty unavoidable in an Economics degree, you will be doing some constrained optimisation, statistics, calculus anyway - just less than a pure economist. From memory, Economics and History at York you only need to do one maths module in year 1, which is quite basic, just A-Level maths minus a lot of some of the tricky stuff.
Alternative degrees you can look at might be Business Economics or similar.
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