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Tax systems of countries in the Asia region
Use Table 1 to answer the following questions.
Table 1: Tax revenue, spending and the HDI of selected countries in the Asia region
	
		
			
			Country
			
			
			GDP per capita ($US)
			
			
			Total Taxes (% of GDP)
			
			
			Government spending (% of GDP)
			
			
			HDI
			
		
	
	
		
			
			Australia
			
			
			$54,060
			
			
			27.30%
			
			
			26.96%
			
			
			0.939
			
		
		
			
			Bangladesh
			
			
			$4,978
			
			
			7.94…
WorksheetEconomicsSenior secondaryComparing economies
Your task is to explore similarities and differences between the Australian economy and one other economy in the Asia region.
	Select an economy that is different from those you examined in the student worksheet.
	Locate information on the following:
	
		Economic growth
		Size of the public sector (including tax receipts and outlays)
		Distribution of income
		The role of the government in providing healthcare, education and social welfare…
InvestigationEconomicsSenior secondaryTypes of goods and their characteristics
There are 4 types of goods in economics, which are defined based on excludability and rivalrousness in consumption.
This means we categorise goods depending on whether people can be prevented from consuming them (excludability) and whether they can be consumed by individuals without affecting their availability to other individuals (rivalrousness).
Based on those 2 criteria, we can classify all physical products into 4 different types of goods…
ExplainerEconomicsSenior secondaryPublic goods and merit goods
Work in pairs to complete this investigation.
	Identify as many goods and services that governments provide in your local area as you can.
	Develop a list of the public goods and merit goods you use, both regularly and infrequently.
	Using examples from your local community, describe the characteristics of a public good. Explain how these characteristics lead to the free-rider
	Explain why the merit goods you identified in your local area are…
InvestigationEconomicsSenior secondaryHow can taxes affect trade between countries?
As you read, highlight terms you do not understand.
Reasons for and methods of protection
To support domestic businesses to become more competitive, governments often impose limits on trade, or ‘protect’ Australian businesses.
The ways that governments affect trade include:
	regulations that control standards of imported goods
	embargoes that ban the import of particular goods
	tariffs on imported goods
	subsidies for local businesses…
ExplainerEconomicsSenior secondaryY-chart template
Image: Three quadrants on a page divided by a Y-shape. The top section of the Y is for recording what something ‘looks like’. The right-side of the Y is for recording what something ‘feels like’. The left-hand side of the way is for recording what something ‘sounds like’.
 
TemplateGeneral resourcesPublic goods game
Keep your score for each round of the game.
	$4.00 for each red card kept.
	$1.00 for each card in the common resource pool.
	
		
			
			Round
			
			
			Number of red cards kept by you
			
			
			Earnings for red cards kept by you
			
			
			Number of red cards in the community pool
			
			
			Earning from red cards in the community pool
			
			
			Total earnings for this round
			
			
			Cumulative earnings
			
		
	
	
		
			
			1…
WorksheetEconomicsSenior secondaryPublic goods game
Read the rules of the game and how to play it.
Rules of the game
You will play your cards throughout the game. You have 4 cards: 2 red cards and 2 black cards.
	The black cards do not earn any money.
	The red cards you give to the teacher contribute to the provision of public goods that everyone will benefit from.
	For each red card you keep, you will earn $4.00.
	You will also earn $1.00 for each red card that all students added to the…
InstructionsEconomicsSenior secondary