Simulations for Teaching Economics

In-browser budget game that puts the player in the position of the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, overseeing £1.2 trillion of annual spending. It presents a series of budget decisions, and uses illustrations and fictional characters to give feedback on the consequences. It highlights the sections of society who might object to each decision.

"Tax and benefit policy costings are Resolution Foundation calculations based on a range of sources, including use of the Institute for Public Policy Research tax-benefit model."