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QUEENSLAND ECONOMICS TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION INC.
QETA Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation representing teachers of economics in Queensland, in both government and
non-government schools.
Membership of QETA is open to any teacher and/or school with an interest in the teaching of economics in Queensland
schools, or elsewhere.
QETA activities are supported by:
 University of Queensland School of Economics
 Reserve Bank of Australia
 Queensland University of Technology School of Economics
QETA is affiliated with the Joint Council of Queensland Teacher Associations Inc, Business Educators Australasia, and
the Global Learning Centre, Brisbane.
For membership, print a membership form from our website www.qeta.com.au
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Email: info@qeta.com.au
QETA will invoice schools when providing publications.
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Individuals must include a cheque for the correct amount, including postage as
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1-2 items - $11.00
More than 2 items - $13.20
ECONOMICS TEXTS
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMICS DICTIONARY FOR STUDENTS – J. Beecroft
Contains 140 pages of economic terms, with over 400 definitions. Ideal for students at all levels, especially to
students new to the subject. Includes recent developments. Contains section on economic terms – abbreviations,
economic symbols, institutions and organisations. A useful supplement to standard economic texts, and for revision
of all work.
Price: $24.00 (members) $28.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
YEAR 11 ECONOMICS TEXT 2013 Tim Riley – a NSW HSC textbook ISBN: 978-0-9806601-2-8
Introduction to Economics; Consumers and Business ;Markets ;Labour Markets ; Financial Markets ;
Government in the Economy. A text written for NSW Economics Year 11 course, but which could easily be used
in Queensland schools. Each chapter also includes student activities which review the chapter content. Student
workbook also available as a package deal (text + workbook $72). Text now includes a CD Rom as well!.
Price: $50.00 (members) $54.00( non-members) (incl GST)
YEAR 12 ECONOMICS TEXT 2013 Tim Riley – a NSW HSC textbook ISBN: 978 0 9806601 4 2
The Global Economy; Australia’s place in the global economy; Economic problems and issues; Economic policies
and management. A text written for NSW Economics Year 12 course, but which could easily be used in
Queensland schools. Each chapter also includes student activities which review the chapter content. Student
workbook also available as a package deal (text + workbook $77)
Price: $55.00 (members) $59.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
EVERYDAY ECONOMICS Greg Parry and Steven Kemp ISBN 978-1-875313-35-8
Contents:Personal economics and finance – 5 chapters; Business Economics – 5 chapters
The authors have integrated the economic knowledge and concepts inherent in each chapter with
economic reasoning and interpretation skills. In addition to multiple choice questions and written questions
for each chapter, there are 140 learning activities through the book that require students to:
find and organise information; interpret data; classify information; use mathematical techniques (including
some hard ones) ; analyse scenarios; justify opinions; conduct research.
Both the personal finance and business economics topics apply economic concepts in a way familiar to
students in Year 10 or Year 11, emphasising personal decisions and local businesses.
Price: $38.00 (members) $44.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
DISCOVERING ECONOMICS Greg Parry and Steven Kemp ISBN 978-1-875313-39-6
A text for students tackling Western Australian secondary schools Economics course.
Contents: Introduction to Microeconomics – 6 chapters; Introduction to Macroeconomics – 7 chapters;
Appendix – Economic reasoning and interpretation skills.
Each chapter has a range of exercises, including worksheet; matching terms; news article analysis;
calculations; multiple choice questions; research; short written answers; extended written answers.
Price: $65.00 (members) $69.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
INVESTIGATING MACROECONOMICS Greg Parry and Steven Kemp ISBN 978-1-875313-38-9
A text for students tackling Western Australian secondary schools Economics course.
Contents: Australia and the global economy – 7 chapters; Introduction to Macroeconomics – 7 chapters;
Each chapter has a range of exercises, including worksheet; matching terms; news article analysis; calculations; multiple choice
questions; research; short written answers; extended written answers.
Price: $65.00 (members) $69.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
ECONOMICS FROM THE GROUND UP Romeo Salla, David MacGregor and Timmee Grinham
ISBN 978-4-921813-08-5
A text written for Victorian Year 11 students. Economic Fundamentals in Australia includes the following features:
Comprehensive coverage of all six areas of study in Units 1&2 of Victorian Syllabus; Chapter summaries and review questions
throughout the publication; Hundreds of multiple choice questions; Glossary of terms/dictionary; Case studies and analysis tasks
throughout the text; Web support via a stand alone website, containing sample SAC/exam questions, crossword puzzles, etc.; Up to
date statistics for the Australian economy; References/links to relevant websites.
Price $63.00 (members) $68.00 (non-members) (incl GST)
ECONOMICS FUNDAMENTALS IN AUSTRALIA David MacGregor and Romeo Salla ISBN
A text written for Victorian Year 12 students. Economic Fundamentals in Australia includes the following features:
Comprehensive coverage of all four areas of study in Units 3&4; Chapter summaries and review questions throughout the publication;
Hundreds of multiple choice questions; Glossary of terms/dictionary; Case studies and analysis tasks throughout the text; Four new
‘Activity Centres’ relating to each Area of Study containing sample SAC/exam questions, crossword puzzles, etc.; Up to date statistics
for the Australian economy; References/links to relevant websites.
Price $58.00 (members) $64.40 (non-members) (incl GST)
ECONOMICS WORKBOOKS
PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES WORKBOOK (YEAR 11) Dr Anthony Stokes
HSC ECONOMIC SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES WORKBOOK (YEAR 12) Dr Anthony Stokes
The workbooks are now available as Teacher Editions, with copyright permission, or on CD ROM, or as individual pupil
workbooks. All have a number of pupil centred activities for the students to do in each topic. These activities include
group work, problem solving, research activities, surveys, casestudies and statistical and graphical interpretation of
important economic data. It also directs students to other sources of information, especially on the internet. The answers
for the activities are found at the end of each topic. There is a comprehensive glossary of terms at the end of each
topic's activities. There are also 20 multiple choice test questions for each of the topics, including the answers.
Price: Student editions$42.00 per workbook (members) $50.00 per workbook (non-members) (inc GST)
The Preliminary and HSC Workbook prices for a Teacher Edition or a CD ROM Edition are $145 each including
copyright permission, GST and postage. (Note: the recommended retail price is $200).
Note: - Copies of a Teacher Edition and CD ROM are available with copyright permission for a total price of
$175 including GST and postage. The total price for both Preliminary and HSC sets is $350.
YEAR 11 ECONOMICS WORKBOOK Tim Riley ISBN 978-0-9803984-6-5
The economist’s toolkit; introduction to economics; consumers and business; markets; labour markets; financial
markets; government in the economy; answers and solutions. Multiple choice questions, short answer questions;
stimulus response short answer questions; extended response questions.
Price: $36.00 (members) $40.00 (non-members) (inc GST)
YEAR 12 ECONOMICS WORKBOOK Tim Riley ISBN 978-0-9803984-4-1
Multiple choice questions, exam technique, the global economy; Australia’s place in the global economy;
economic problems and issues; economic policies and management; solutions. Short answer questions;
stimulus response short answer questions; extended response questions.
Price: $36.00 (members) $40.00 (non-members) (inc GST)
PROMOTING ECONOMICS
STUDENT ECONOMICS BROCHURES QETA
These brochures are designed to promote Economics as a subject to Years 9 and 10 students when considering
subject selections. They are full colour, glossy brochures and could be used in any State to promote Economics as
a subject. Packaged in bundles of 20 brochures.
Price: $8.80 per 20(members) $9.35 (non-members). (Incl GST)
ECONOMICS POSTER QETA
This poster is B2 in size, in full colour and has the theme "Economics Applies to Everyone". Printed in full colour
Price: $6.60 (members) $7.70 (non-members) (incl GST)
STUDENT PENS QETA
These pens which can be used for promotional purposes with students, parents, teachers and administration, have
the theme "Economics - Part of Everyday Life" and are sold in packs of 20 pens.
Price: $15.40 per 20 (members and non-members) (incl GST)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
GEP Powerpoint Series in Economics (2011 Edition) Tony Stokes
These powerpoints cover various aspects of high school economics. Each set of coloured powerpoints can be copied onto overhead
transparencies or used directly as a powerpoint display to your students in lessons. The sets that are currently available are:
 The Nature of the Global Economy and Globalisation.
 International Trading Blocs and Institutions.
 Exchange Rates and the Effects of Changes in Exchange Rates on an Economy.
 The Impact of Globalisation on the Australian Economy.
 Measuring the Balance of Payments in Australia and Problems and Issues involving it.
 Russia Casestudy (Global Economy).
 Inflation and Unemployment.
 Environmental Issues and Policies.
 Economic Policy Objectives and the Problem of Conflicting Objectives.
 Fiscal Policy.
 Monetary Policy.
 Prices and Incomes and Labour Market Policies.
 Fair Work Act and Fair Work Australia.
 Contemporary Industrial Relations Policies and their Effects.
 Microeconomic Reform.
 Income and Wealth Inequality and the Effect of Economic Policies in Australia.
Price on CD
Individual titles: $40 per copy (members) $45.00 (non-members) (Inc GST)
5 or more titles: $35 per copy (members) $40.00 (non-members) (inc GST)
A complete set of ALL 16 topics can be purchased on CD for $330 (inc GST)
SIMULATION GAMES
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEALER - THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET GAME
This game simulates a trading floor. Importers and exporters have to negotiate prices for goods bought and sold.
They must enter the foreign currency market to buy Yen or Australian dollars to complete their transactions.
Foreign currency dealers speculate on foreign currency as new information comes to the market. Students develop
negotiating and trading skills and appreciate the different factors that influence exchange rates.
Price: $65.00 (members) $70.00 (non-members) (Incl GST)
ECONOMICS POSTERS
ECONOMICS POSTERS
Clear and informative text; Attractive graphics ; Key terms used and defined .
Learning Pond posters are written by experienced and successful senior teachers with the goal of
highlighting the key points of each study. Learning Pond posters are the ideal way to build a sense of
your subjects’ identity in the classroom as well as promoting student understanding of the key
knowledge required to be successful in your subject. The Learning Pond range of educational posters
also provide an ideal visual resource which can be used to promote the individual subject at subject
selection information sessions.
Price: $77.00 (members) $80.50 (non-members) (inc GST)
CONTEMPORARY MACRO-ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MONETARY POLICY IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An economic bulletin covering the effects of rising interest rates; the role of monetary policy in 2011; how monetary
policy works in 2011; and structure, conduct and performance of financial markets.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
FISCAL POLICY IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An economic Bulletin covering 2011 Federal Budget – a shift to deficit; review of Australia’s tax system; role of fiscal
policy in microeconomic reform; Australia’s rising public debt; and fiscal policy response to the Global Economic Crisis.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
INFLATION IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An Economic Bulletin covering trends in inflation – causes and consequences; Australia’s inflationary experience 20002011; inflation and monetary policy; and policy responses to inflation trends
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An Economic Bulletin covering unemployment trends in Australia; Increasing casualisation of the work force;
unemployment – policies to alleviate; and a statistical profile.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
MICRO-ECONOMICS REFORM IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An Economic Bulletin covering the Productivity Imperative – recent trends; COAG Reform Agenda – developments in 2010/11;
Recent Australian Experience – A Scorecard; and National Competition Policy – Costs and Benefits.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An Economic Bulletin covering the rise of China and the effects of globalisation on Australia; climate change and proposed Emissions
Trading Scheme; Productivity, microeconomic reform and growth; effects of an ageing population on economic growth; and effects of
rapid population growth and resources boom on the economy.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
FOREIGN DEBT AND CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT 2012 Gavan Forster
An economic bulletin covering Australia’s changing trade patterns and the rise of China; 2010 Appreciation of the
Australian dollar; the effects of the rising terms of trade; trends in our current account and foreign debt; and tariff reform
and industry assistance.
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
GLOBALISATION AND TRADE
NO-NO GUIDE TO GLOBAL FINANCE Peter Stalker
An incisive introduction to global finance - where money comes from, the current mechanisms and the need for
control and reform. This new addition to the acclaimed No-Nonsense Guides explains the basic concepts of finance
- how money is created, and how decisions by banking and other financial service corporations are determining the
fate of billions of people. An indispensable tool for understanding current issues in the global economy. Diagrams,
charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information.
PRICE: $22.00 (Members) $25.00 (non-members) Includes GST
NO-NONSENSE GUIDE TO FAIR TRADE David Ransom ISBN: 9781904456438
From coffee farming in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the
Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this fully revised No-Nonsense Guide tells the
human story behind the products we consume.
Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that
the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the
master or servant of the people.
Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information.
180 mm x 110 mm, 144 pages, paperback.
PRICE: $22.00 (members) $25.00 (non-members) (Incl GST)
N0-NONSENSE GUIDE TO GLOBALIZATION Wayne Ellwood ISBN: 9781904456445
This fully revised and updated No-Nonsense Guide distils the complexities into an easy-to-grasp
commentary. It examines the debt-trap; the acceleration of neoliberalism and the 'free trade' model; the links
between the 'war on terror', the arms trade and privatization. And the final chapter examines civil society
alternatives to corporate globalization, including the World Social Forum, Make Poverty History campaign
and trade justice initiatives.
Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information. 180 mm x 110 mm, 144 pages,
paperback.
PRICE: $22.00 (members) $25.00 (non-members) (Incl GST)
LABOUR
WAGES POLICY IN AUSTRALIA 2012 Gavan Forster
An economics Bulletin covering new wages system – Fair Work Australia and Award Modernisation; Unemployment and
immigration trends; the changing structure of the Australian workforce; the role of the Fair Pay Commission; and new
paid Parental Leave Scheme
Price: $14.25 (members) $16.25 (non-members) (inc GST)
SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT
NO-NO GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Maggie Black ISBN: 9781904456636
This guide explains what 'development' actually is - and explores its political and economic roots in history. It
shows what can happen in the name of development and argues for a more organic, social approach with those it
seeks to serve as equal partners in the process.
Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information. 180 mm x 110 mm, 144 pages,
paperback.
PRICE: $22.00 (members) $25.00 (non-members) (Incl GST)
NO-NO GUIDE TO WORLD POVERTY Jeremy Seabrook ISBN: 9781904456667
Why are there so many poor people in a world that’s richer than ever before? Something must be wrong with
conventional thinking about wealth and poverty. In this No-Nonsense Guide Jeremy Seabrook summarizes his
celebrated work on the meaning of poverty, drawing on the experience of poor people all over the world.
Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information. 180 mm x 110 mm, 144 pages,
paperback.
PRICE: $22.00 (members) $25.00 (non-members) (Incl GST)]
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