Economics Help Please!

Classof2013

Hey everyone!

I started 6th year today and I really want to take up Economics. Could anyone suggest which is the best textbook to get? Is it possible to teach it to myself and achieve an A1 or A2?

Any help would be REALLY appreciated!

This is my first thread so I hope I did everything right

TheStook

We use Economics by Denis O'grady, its very outdated but I'm pretty sure its the only one? The Rapid Revision for Economics is also very good.

One of my mates thought himself Economics and got an A1 last year so its definitely possible, the course is quite short and there is a lot of choice in the exam so in answer to your question, yes, its definitely possible if you're prepared to put in the work.

Good luck with it

Classof2013

Thank you so much I really appreciate that!

TheStook

Happy to help

Also, another important aspect is keeping up to date with real world economics, stuff like NAMA and the property tax won't be in the book but could definitely come up in the exam so read as much in the newspapers and you can.

Classof2013

That's great, I never would of thought of that! Thank you again

bleach94

might pick up that Rapid Revision, our teacher is a bit dodgy with his notes and the book seems to have a good few errors in it.

Started 6th year today too by the way

Classof2013

Yeah I'll certainly pick up the Revision book! How are you getting on in sixth year? I started today too and i'm already exhausted

jsmscork

There is a new Economics book on the market now called Positive Economics: http://secure.edco.ie/teachers/positive-economics.3166.html

It is fantastic and really focuses in on the exam.

Classof2013

Thank you! I'll look into that one now

TheStook

Yeah I thought I remembered my teacher saying something about a new book! I'd definitely get the new one then as this one was printed in 2002 so quite a bit outdated as you can imagine!

6th years going okay so far but I'm sure it will only get worse as time goes by(Casablanca reference boooyaahhh). How about you?

Oh yeah if there's an Economics teacher in your school I'd definitely talk to him about it aswell, I'm sure he/she can give you more helpful advice/notes than we can!

bleach94

only had an induction day today, real business starts tomorrow although i had a lot of summer french work to catch up on today, so realistically I'm already back in the swing of things :P on top of it all i haven't a CLUE what course I want to do :P

TheStook

bleach94 wrote: »

only had an induction day today, real business starts tomorrow although i had a lot of summer french work to catch up on today, so realistically I'm already back in the swing of things :P on top of it all i haven't a CLUE what course I want to do :P

Same here I've absolutely no idea, Im thinking Computer Games Development but thats just a thought. Good luck with your decision and remember it won't effect the rest of your life in any way

bleach94

You know after a day of the teachers/principal frightening the life out of us with these long 'you must do well or your life is over' speeches, that's the most uplifting thing i've heard all day, thanks

ACBBFG

Hi, I'd also really strongly recommend studying from the marking schemes. The sooner you start the better so that you can get to know them inside out. There are a few questions that get repeated extremely frequently but yet aren't in the book. I just did the Leaving and I'd say the marking schemes were the things that helped me most.

Good luck!

Classof2013

Thank you so much everyone!

Haha great Casablanca reference Yeah it's going grand, I'm slowly getting back in the swing of things, but I got 2 sheets of German vocabulary today to have learned by tomorrow...