Ray Silke
speaker
438 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 28 Jul
Ray Silke’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Fiscal policy is very important.
And then the kind of hub that they've built into new course, David, is sustainability.
And there's three types, economic, social, and environmental.
You kind of have to have that overarching feel for economics.
The key thing to do well, David, I think, is that people or the students understand the language of economics and are able to use the phraseology like fiscal policy, monetary policy, the different types of demands.
You know, you won't fool the examiner if you're waffling.
You're better off, I think, just to think before you ink, take your time, take a step back.
Even the topics you discussed there, the chapters on about the heart, that has economic implications if someone gets sick.
On about the record vinyls, that has implications as regards supply and demand, what prices are there.
So economics in the new syllabus, it's absolutely everywhere.
You had a lady on about choices.
Well, then you've opportunity cost, fiscal, financial costs.
So to be honest, I kind of love the subject.
I think it's absolutely fantastic.
We have fairly good numbers.
I have two boys going into fifth year myself.
And I'm pushing them hard to do economics because it is a very fair exam now, I feel.
And what I base my success on, David, just isn't just the grades of the students.
It's that they enjoy it, they love it, they go on to college and that they see economics as a choice and as a way of life, because indeed it is.
Absolutely.
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