Past admissions interview questions for Economics
What is the point of using NHS money to keep old people alive? (Oxbridge Applications)
What would you say if Gordon Brown were to take a report which shows that people who go to university earn more than those who do not, and then proclaim that going to university causes you to earn more? (Oxbridge Applications)
Should governments subsidise agriculture? (Oxbridge Applications)
What are the consequences of changing interest rates? (Oxbridge Applications)
What is the point of privatisation? (Oxbridge Applications)
How would you make a hypothetical sandwich stall more profitable? (Oxbridge Applications)
What is a monopoly? What are the advantages and disadvantages? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
If the government passed a law requiring people to wear seatbelts, why might this result in more road accident casualties? (Cambridge Interview, The Student Room)
When I was walking around the college in the morning, what questions did I think or want them to ask me (Cambridge interview,
The Student Room)
define 'greed' (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
distance from London to new York, work out (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
tell me why playing your sport will make you a better economist (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
why do Ryan air try and sell tickets for Dublin day passes on flights into London stansted? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
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