English for economics and politics
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This webpage contains material to encourage users to practice their English for economics: it is not marked. Some material relates to certain courses (as indicated).
For any comments, please write to: Nicholas Sowels Last updated: 14 September 2026
Marks for S1 2026-2027
There are 3 marks in the semester:
1/ Prepare a personal statement, which you will have to write in class by hand. 25%
2/ Later in the semester, there will group presentations for you to make (normally 4 students per group). Presentations must not last longer than 10 minutes. You must produce a slideshow, and each member of the group must write a short text, about 400 words per person.
HOWEVER, during the presentation you may not read from notes or your smartphones. 25%
3/ the final test/exam in the last week of term. 50% (Come even if you are on a stretcher.)You also have other English material available on these EPIs:
1/ https://cours.univ-paris1.fr/fixe/english-shared-resources: this is a generalist Epi with lots of different subjects. The exercises are a bit similar, but there is quite a lot of variety.
2/ https://cours.univ-paris1.fr/fixe/conseils-anglais tips to avoid the most common mistakes when writing in English
3/ https://cours.univ-paris1.fr/fixe/general-english-grammar some grammar sheets and exercises. -
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A short general quizz: Introduction to economics, from Economics Online
Great multiple choice questions in economics by Oxford University Press, including:
Chapter 01 - The Nature of Economics; Chapter 02 - Scarcity, Governments, and Economists; Chapter 03 - Supply and Demand, etc.Various Economics Quizzes & Trivia
Some general crossword puzzles in economics
(For French-speakers, see more exercises on economic terminology here.)
1/ Pre-industrial society
2/ Classical economics and Marxism
3/ Microeconomics
4/ Macroeconomics
5/ European integration and Union
6/ Money and its functions
7/ Environmental economics
8/ Motivation
9/ Debt and money
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1/ Keynes versus Hayek:
In 2010, this well-known video was produced: It is still up to date. It correctly shows Keynes as being a self-confident English elitist, and Hayek as a more insecure emigré intellectual. This is a rare video of Keynes himself, explaining the consequences of Britain leaving the gold standard in 1931: it clearly shows the logic of macroeconomics which Keynes brought to economics. Hayek got his revenge years later, as shown in this video ( )in which he explains that Keynes' reputation had declined, while he - Hayek - was still alive. In another video, Hayek even claims that Keynes knew little about economics. In contrast, Paul Krugman, who wrote an introduction to Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, believed it probably to be the most important book in economics ever. Actually, Keynes and Hayek had a lot of respect for each other.
Round Two is the follow-up rap video in which Keynes and Hayek continue their fight.2/ Understand the Economy: this is an excellent series of podcasts from the BBC, produced by Tim Hartford (the "Undercover economist" columnist of The Financial Times). The series began in October 2022, and includes podcasts of about 15 minutes on many key topics: inflation, interest rates & mortgage rates, economic growth and GDP, etc.
3/ This Bloomberg podcast (May 2025) provides an excellent discussion of what money is, with Felix Martin, author of the book Money, the Unauthorised Biography, London, Vintage Books, 2014.
4/ NFTs - SNL (Saturday Night Live)
"What the hell's in NFT?" This rap song parody refers to Harvard, Yanet Yellen (The US Treasury Secretary), Eminem, Morpheus from The Matrix, and Good Will Hunting, etc. -
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