Economics and Business 7-10 / Year 9 / Knowledge and understanding

Curriculum content descriptions

how economic decision-making involves the interdependence of consumers, businesses, the financial sector and government (AC9HE9K02)

Elaborations
  • explaining the interdependent nature of economic decision-making within local, national and global contexts; for example, consumers purchase goods and services, businesses organise production and distribution, and the financial sector facilitates investment
  • examining how the nature of globalisation supports transnational corporations use supply chains to develop, produce and deliver a product or service, and explaining the advantages or disadvantages for businesses, workers and consumers
  • analysing the implications of interdependence within the global economy for Australian consumers, workers and businesses; for example, costs of the product or service and impacts of disruption or changes to regulations in another country
  • identifying examples and explaining how changes to a nation’s economic conditions affects other nations; for example, rising unemployment affects consumer demand in one country and impacts the exports of goods and services in another country
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Supply chain,  Circular income flow,  Globalisation

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