IB DIPLOMA
IB Economics Tutor
- Build strong economic analysis.
- Make diagrams, evidence and judgement work together.
Your lessons with Mihir Sir
- 10+ years of teaching experience
- One-to-one and group classes
- Mumbai/Thane and online
- Personalised pace and learning goals
01
THE COURSE MAP
What students learn
- Scarcity, choice and the allocation of resources.
- Demand, supply, elasticity and government intervention.
- Market failure; HL market structures and firm behaviour.
- National income, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
- Trade, exchange rates and the balance of payments.
- Development, sustainability and economic well-being.
02
WHERE IT GETS TRICKY
Common difficulties
- Drawing a model without explaining its economic mechanism.
- Using a news example that does not answer the question.
- Listing advantages and disadvantages without weighing them.
03
FROM STUCK TO CLEAR
How I teach this subject
- Build a model from its assumptions, then test what changes.
- Trace cause and effect through households, firms and governments.
- Compare short-run and long-run outcomes before choosing a position.
04
PREPARE WITH A PURPOSE
Exam support
SL · Papers 1 & 2HL · Papers 1, 2 & 3
- Paper 1: plan extended responses around the command term.
- Paper 2: select evidence from the text and interpret numerical data.
- HL Paper 3: work through calculations and policy recommendations.
- Timed practice: review markbands, missing links and final judgements.
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BETWEEN LESSONS
Resources provided
- Chapter notes with labelled economic diagrams.
- Topic questions with worked quantitative examples.
- Model answer structures and a record of feedback targets.
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GUIDANCE WITH OWNERSHIP
Coursework support
- IA: discuss article suitability and the economic issue.
- Connect the chosen key concept to the commentary.
- Review analysis, structure and referencing against the criteria.
- Students research and write their own assessed work.
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A CLOSER LOOK
Subject-specific questions
Is saying “it depends” enough for evaluation?
- Name the condition that could change the result.
- Explain how it changes the strength of your argument.
Do I need to memorise many news stories?
- Prioritise a small set of accurate, relevant examples.
- Know what happened, where, when and why it matters.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Let’s get started.
- Share your level, learning priorities and preferred timings.