Leaving Cert Economics: Foundations: Economic Concepts, Systems & Thought questions

The nature and scope of economics, core concepts, methodology, economic systems, and the history of economic thought.

39 past Economics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Foundations: Economic Concepts, Systems & Thought question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Q1

cost benefit analysis

Q1175 marks

market concentration, monopoly

2024 · 1 question

Q912 marks

positive externality, social benefit

2023 · 1 question

2022 · 2 questions

Q1175 marks

housing market, factors of production

2021 · 1 question

Show 5 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 1 question

Q617 marks

fiscal policy, government intervention

2019 · 1 question

2018 · 1 question

Q617 marks

canons of taxation, taxation

2017 · 2 questions

Q116 marks

public sector pay, fiscal policy

Q775 marks

national debt, fiscal policy, privatisation

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2025 · 2 questions

Q212 marks

government budget surplus

Q412 marks

taxation, budget 2025

2024 · 2 questions

Q1275 marks

employment, unemployment, labour

2023 · 2 questions

Q9

government expenditure

Q1675 marks

factors of production, economies of scale, food waste

2022 · 3 questions

Q115 marks

economic growth

Q815 marks

externalities

Q1475 marks

factors of production, less developed nations

2021 · 3 questions

Q1475 marks

government expenditure, taxation

Q1575 marks

law of supply, shift in demand, consumer loyalty

Show 5 earlier years (2015 to 2019)

2019 · 4 questions

Q475 marks

international trade, balance of trade, rainy day fund

Q875 marks

infrastructure, rural development, economic decline

2018 · 3 questions

Q575 marks

government budgeting, national debt, taxation

2017 · 2 questions

Q275 marks

demand and supply, income elasticity of demand

Q617 marks

education, investment

2016 · 2 questions

Q475 marks

census, economic development

2015 · 1 question

Q475 marks

money, savings, dirt

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