標題: iAL Econ Reminder: Essay Skill Review 1
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Sample:

The global economic slowdown in recent years saw UK unemployment, as measured by the claimant count, rise from 870,000 in 2004 to 1.5 million in 2009.

To what extent would a significant fall in the exchange rate of the pound sterling achieve a sustained reduction in unemployment in the UK? (25 marks)

your conclusion could look like:

.. a significant fall in the exchange rate would, ceteris paribus, make UK goods and services more competitive in export markets and would therefore have a positive effect on jobs in industries that are significant exporters. Whether or not this effect would be sustained will depend on other factors as discussed earlier, such as the economic conditions in our export markets and the ability of UK firms to maintain their competitiveness; indeed, if our exporters seek greater efficiencies through becoming more capital intensive, the effect on unemployment could eventually become adverse.

In this case, I have skipped the essential building blocks of ‘chunky paragraphs’ containing knowledge, application and analysis in order to make the point about focussed evaluation.

It’s worth thinking about the conclusion that you are going to be leading to BEFORE you build your case. As teachers have been telling you for years, the key is in reading the question.