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A Level Economics Revision Playlist

People learn and revise through a range of methods, including watching videos and listening to podcasts. Despite this, however, there aren’t many compiled resources for A Level Economics available. That’s why we’ve written this revision playlist, to help you get the best multimedia resources to learn the way you want.

Get to grips with challenging topics, extend your existing knowledge and feel more confident with economic issues. We’ve split our revision playlist into different sections, so have an explore! Something you’ve found useful and want us to mention? Let us know!

Revision Playlists from Study Dog

Movies

Some amazing movies and documentaries to bring economic theory and history to life.

  • Inside Job (2010): Oscar-winning documentary dissecting the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Essential viewing for market failure and financial regulation.
  • The Big Short (2015): dramatisation of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, told through the traders who predicted it.
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005): documentary on the collapse of Enron: corporate fraud, market failure and regulation.
  • Margin Call (2011): fictionalised account of a Wall Street firm in the opening hours of the 2008 crash.
  • Rogue Trader (1999): the story of Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank: market risk and regulation.
  • Trading Places (1983): comedy built around commodity markets and speculation.
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): individual economic hardship and social mobility in the US.
  • Capitalism: A Love Story (2009): Michael Moore’s critical documentary on capitalism and the 2008 crisis.
  • Freakonomics (2010): documentary adaptation of the bestselling book, applying economic thinking to everyday incentives.
  • The Corporation (2003): documentary examining the corporation as a legal entity and its social/economic impact.
  • 97% Owned (2012): UK documentary on money creation and the banking system.
  • Life and Debt (2001): documentary on the impact of globalisation and IMF policy on Jamaica. Useful for the global perspective theme.
  • Dirty Money (Netflix): documentary series on corporate corruption and financial wrongdoing.
  • The China Hustle (2017): documentary on fraudulent Chinese companies listed on US stock exchanges.
  • American Factory (2019): Oscar-winning documentary on globalisation, labour markets and automation.

If there are other items that you think should be in our revision playlist, let us know!

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