Economics – Young Economist of the Year 2008

Want to have a chance at winning 1,000 GBP ($2000)? All you have to do is write an essay that answers the following question:

“Which economic idea or policy has the most power to improve our lives?”

The Royal Economics Society in the UK will select its recipient of the “Young Economist of the Year” Award based on the submission of a 1,000-2,000 word essay. This contest is open to all IB Econ students worldwide.

The Royal Economic Society and tutor2u are delighted to announce a competition to find the Young Economist of the Year 2008. This essay competition is open to all students studying for A Levels offered by UK Exam Boards (in any subject) or the International Baccalaureate. Entries from the UK and Overseas are encouraged. The RES is particularly keen to encourage students to enter the competition who are in the first year of their studies. In 2007 over 750 entries were submitted, with Zoe Hart from Colchester RGS taking the first prize.

Interested? Follow the link above for more details.

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About the author:  Jason Welker teaches International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Economics at Zurich International School in Switzerland. In addition to publishing various online resources for economics students and teachers, Jason developed the online version of the Economics course for the IB and is has authored two Economics textbooks: Pearson Baccalaureate’s Economics for the IB Diploma and REA’s AP Macroeconomics Crash Course. Jason is a native of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and is a passionate adventurer, who considers himself a skier / mountain biker who teaches Economics in his free time. He and his wife keep a ski chalet in the mountains of Northern Idaho, which now that they live in the Swiss Alps gets far too little use. Read more posts by this author

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