During this session, we discussed how the government taxes and spends as well as some useful research relating to this year’s Leaving Cert Economics project. For the first time ever, Irish economics students in secondary school are being tasked with taking on the role of a practising economist and this will represent 20% of their Read more about Webinar on Understanding Fiscal Policy[…]
Listen to this post as a podcast. If you go on holiday to Spain or Portugal, you can use euros to buy goods and services. However, when you go to the UK or China, then you will need the currency that they use in their respective country. In order to get notes or coins, you Read more about How much does it cost to change money from euro to another currency?[…]
The full video is available right here from our Positive Economics co-author, Susan Hayes Facebook Live Q&A event. You can click this link to register for the next one focusing on housing. We got good engagement and feedback from teachers who joined our Facebook Live event. Some comments below. Below is a range of resources Read more about Our FaceBook Live Event – A Brexit update, super productive economic resources and time management in exams[…]
Listen to this post as a podcast. According to the CSO, people in Ireland are earning more. As you can see from this chart, for every €100 that people were earning per week last year on average, they’re earning €103.50 per week this year. Further, the average wage today in Ireland is €745.09. Now, that’s Read more about On average, people are earning more in Ireland – what does that mean?[…]
Economic literacy You are at an exciting stage, where the study you do now will have an impact on the rest of your life. Economics is a subject that will give you a different perspective on how you view the world. It enables you to develop skills, knowledge and values that are relevant to your Read more about Introduction to Positive Economics[…]