Economics students from the Isle of Man's secondary schools took a day out yesterday (Wednesday) to visit the International Business School, and learn the subject in a more practical way.
Speakers, including Stephen Carse and Richard Slee from the Manx government, and Chris Bell from Capital International and Roger Raatgever from Microgaming, helped bring economics to life.
It was the fourth A-levels Economics Awareness Conference staged by the International Business School, and Jason Roberts went along to find out more.
He spoke to some A-level students, but first had a word with Jason Moorhouse from the IBS (play extended audio file):