You only have to read a newspaper or watch TV to realise how the economic system affects our existence and future. In Economics, you will explore the issues of high prices for goods in Britain and low wages for students and look at broader macro-economic issues like unemployment, standards of living and management of the economy. On the international front, you will look at the realities behind the political slogans about Europe and how to improve the lives of people living in developing countries. Environmental economics recognises that our car journeys add up to congestion and pollution and then investigates remedies. There are some very significant issues facing us that, as economists, we can help to resolve, for example whether leaving the EU will benefit us or not, the impact of climate change and the levels of poverty in the UK. There are economic solutions to all of these problems.