This fully updated student textbook for OCR GCSE Economics will help you develop an understanding of the principles of economics and its impact outside the classroom. This new edition is specially designed to make economics accessible and help you tackle complex topics with confidence. - Includes new, up-to-date case studies to demonstrate how economic concepts can be applied in the real world - Highlights key terms throughout to increase your confidence and improve your essay-writing skills, with cross-references between different topics in the specification - Develops your analysis and evaluation skills through classroom activities and full practice questions, plus a revised 'evaluate this' feature, demonstrating how questions are structured and helping you to recognise command words - Helps you apply your developing knowledge of economic theory and issues to a wider economic context