IB Resources: Study Guides, Blog Indexes & Student Tools

Welcome to your central hub for everything IB. Whether you're working on your Internal Assessment, preparing for Paper 3, or just trying to make sense of Micro or Marketing, this page pulls everything together. You'll find study tools, blog indexes, and downloadable guides for both IB Economics and IB Business Management.

IB Economics Resources

Blog Indexes

• Introduction to Economics Index

  All you need to start your IB Economics course:

  1- What is Economic Prosperity?

  2- Why You Should Take IB Economics?

  3- The Division of Labour

  4- A Beginner’s Guide to IB Economics

  5- The Big Economic Questions

  6- Scarcity and Opportunity Cost

  7- The Production Possibility Curve PPC / PPF

  8- The Circular Flow Model

  9- Evolution of Economic Thought

  10- The Business Cycle

• Microeconomics Index
  All our blog posts on elasticity, externalities, consumer choice, market failure, market power and more - with real-life examples and exam-focused explanations.

  1- Supply

  2- Rational Consumer Choice (HL)

  3- Bounded Self-Control (HL)

  4- Business Objectives (HL)

  5- Market Equilibrium

  6- Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)

  7- Demand

  10-Income Elasticity of Demand (YED)

  11- PES (Price Elasticity of Supply)

  12- Balancing the Market Game Price Controls (Part 1)

  13- Balancing the Market Game (Part 2): Taxes, Subsidies & Nudges

  14- Market Failure

  15- Market Failure in Common Pool Resources

  16- Externalities

  17- Public Goods

  18- Asymmetric Information (HL)

  19- Market Power Part 1: Perfect Competition

  20- Market Power Part 2: How Firms Chase Profit

  21- Market Power Part 3: Monopoly and Natural Monopoly

  22- Market Power Part 4: Oligopoly, Collusion, and Game Theory

  23- Market Power Part 5: Measuring Market Power Monopolistic Competition

  24- Price Controls: When Politicians Try to Fix Markets

  25- Pollution Economics

  26- Regulation vs Deregulation

  27- The Ultimate Guide to Public Goods

  28- Taxation and taxation examples

• Macroeconomics Index

  Blog entries on the IB Economics macroeconomics topics including your favourite topics, fiscal and monetary policies, unemployment, inflation, macroeconomic objectives and more - with real-life examples and exam-focused explanations.

  1- Free Markets: Inequality and the Circular Flow

  2- Measuring Economics - GDP, GNI and the Circular Flow (Part 1)

  3- Measuring Economics Can You Measure Happiness? (Part 2)

  4- Aggregate Demand

  5- Aggregate Supply

  6- Macroeconomic Equilibrium - Monetarists vs Keynesians

  7- Monetarist vs Keynesian - Economic Policy and Assumptions

  8- The Story of Economic Growth

  9- Unemployment More Than Just Numbers

  10-Unemployment: Why Some Joblessness Is Just Inevitable

  11- Inflation

  12- Deflation

  13- National Debt

  14- Macroeconomic Goals

  15- The Economics of Inequality

  16- Understanding Poverty

  17- Why Inequality Happens

  18- How Governments Fight Inequality

  19- Monetary Policy

  20-Advanced Monetary Policy

  21- Fiscal Policy

  22- Fiscal Policy Part 2

  23- Supply-Side Policies

  24- Do Supply-Side Policies Work on Demand?

  25- Inflation Part 2

  26- The Evolution of Money

  27- Bonds Explained

  28- Interest Rates Explained

  29- The Minimum Wage

  30- The Minimum Wage Debate: Are Good Intentions Enough?

  31- Economic Growth

  32- Fighting Economic Downturns

  33- Productivity and Economic Growth

  34- The Labour Market Explained

  35- Technology and Economic Growth

  36- Does Economic Prosperity Actually Bring Happiness?

  37- Corruption

  38- Why Do Recessions Happen

  39- Entrepreneurship and Say vs Schumpeter Entrepreneurship

  40- The Business Cycle

IB Economics Diagrams Programme, What's included:

• 200+ exam-ready diagrams covering the entire IB Economics syllabus

• Video for every diagram showing you exactly how each model looks

• Image version perfect for modelling diagrams in you essays, presentations, and your IA

• Detailed written explanations of the economic theory behind each diagram

• Both SL and HL IB Economics diagrams clearly labelled and organised by topic

• Real IB Economics exam application showing how to use diagrams effectively in Paper 1 and Paper 2

• Global Economy / International Trade Index
  Everything from exchange rates and protectionism to globalisation and economic development - made digestible for IB learners.

  1- Benefits of International Trade

  2- Absolute vs. Comparative Advantage

  3- Tariffs Explained

  4- Quotas

  5- Subsidies

  6- Trade Protection

  7- Economic Integration

  8- Monetary Unions

  9- The World Trade Organisation

  10- Exchange Rates

  11- Fixed Exchange Rates

  12- Balance of Payments Part 1

  13- Balance of Payments Part 2

  14- Balance of Payments Part 3 (HL)

  15- Sustainable Development

  16- More Than Just Money: Economic Development

  17- The Composite Indicators

  18- Poverty Traps

  19- 10 Roadblocks to Prosperity

  20-The Political and Social Roadblocks

  21- 10 Epic Strategies for Economic Growth & Development

  22-Why Some Economic growth and development Strategies Shine While Others Flop

  23- Sustainable Development Goals

  24- Globalisation

• HL IB Economics Index
  Higher Level content on advanced theory, analysis techniques, and exam strategies.

• SL IB Economics Index

  Standard level content, analysis techniques and exam approaches.

Support Guides

• Internal Assessment (IA) Guide – Free Download
  Step-by-step support on topic selection, structure, evaluation, and common IA mistakes.

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• Real-life examples, mini-lessons, and exam-friendly storytelling based on the IB syllabus - with humour designed for IB Economics students.

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• Building IB Economics course confidence without drowning in dry theory.

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