Command and market economies
(View Complete Item Description)An introduction to the difference between command economies and market economies.
Material Type: Lesson
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Comparative Advantage
(View Complete Item Description)This 7 minute video will explain how comparative advantage works when workers specialize and rearranging what / who produces to increase trade. This video will aid in the mastery of EPF. 9 (a) (b) and (g).
Material Type: Lecture
Compound Interest
(View Complete Item Description)This 6 minute video walks students through how to calculate compound interest. It will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 18 (a)
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Conversations with History: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
(View Complete Item Description)Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Yale Professor James Gustave Speth for a discussion of his career in the environmental movement. Professor Speth traces his changing perspective on the appropriate response to the environmental crisis. Concluding that only a radical transformation of capitalism will save the planet for future generations, he outlines the changes in consciousness and in the political agenda that will be required. (54 minutes)
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Conversations with History: Comparing Rich Democracies, with Harold L. Wilensky
(View Complete Item Description)Conversations with History and host Harry Kreisler welcome Harold Wilensky, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC Berkeley, to talk about his recently published book, Rich Democracies: Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance. In this landmark work, Wilensky compares rich democracies and explores what makes these modern societies distinct and what makes them alike. (55 min)
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Conversations with History: Economics, Politics and Public Discourse
(View Complete Item Description)Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor J. Bradford DeLong of Berkeley's Economics Department for a discussion of economics and public policy. Reflecting on his work as deputy assistant secretary in the Treasury Department in the Clinton administration, Professor DeLong discusses the dilemma posed by the breakdown of the political center, the strengths and weaknesses of the NAFTA agreement, and Alan Greenspan’s record at the Federal Reserve. He also reflects on the quality of public discussion of economic issues. (55 minutes)
Material Type: Lecture
Floating exchange effect on US
(View Complete Item Description)Floating Exchange Effect on US. Created by Sal Khan.
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Cyclical Unemployment (Video)
(View Complete Item Description)In this 7 minute video, students will learn the cause(s) and effect of cyclical unemployment. This will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 5 (b) and (c)
Material Type: Lecture
The Dangers of Fiscal Policy
(View Complete Item Description)In this 6 minute video, students will examine what happens when a nation defaults. This video will support the standards EPF. 7 and 8
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Decision in the Streets
(View Complete Item Description)This video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Demand Analysis
(View Complete Item Description)REMEMBERING:Pupil Remembers the concept of Demand and factors affecting demand.UNDERSTANDING:Pupils develops an Understanding of factors affecting demand.APPLYING:Pupils applies Remembering and Understanding in new and unfamiliar situation.EVALUATING:Pupils Evaluate various factors affecting Demand
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Demand Analysis
(View Complete Item Description)REMEMBERING:Pupil Remembers the concept of Demand and factors affecting demand.UNDERSTANDING:Pupils develops an Understanding of factors affecting demand.APPLYING:Pupils applies Remembering and Understanding in new and unfamiliar situation.EVALUATING:Pupils Evaluate various factors affecting Demand
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Deter. Detect. Defend. Avoid ID Theft.
(View Complete Item Description)This 10 minute video will teach students what identify theft is and the many ways it happens in our society. The video also offers ways to deter, detect and defend against identity theft. This video will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 10 (k)
Material Type: Lecture
Dictionary of Economics Videos: Stagflation
(View Complete Item Description)This video is 2 minutes long and will define stagflation for students. It will enforce the standard EPF. 5 (b)
Material Type: Lecture
Documentary about "World economic crisis of 1929"
(View Complete Item Description)The economic crisis that started in the United States in 1929 and moved towards industrial and developing countries, it was the most severe and widespread economic decline known from liberal or capital countries and ended in 1933.
Material Type: Lesson
Does America Really Have a Budget Crisis?
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson is designed to get students to think critically about hot-button issues such as the "fiscal cliff," "sequestration," and the ongoing debate about the US budget. Two student readings examine the general debate about the budget and the human impact of budget cuts and sequestration. Questions for discussion follow each reading.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Does Government Have a Revenue or Spending Problem?
(View Complete Item Description)People say the government has a debt problem, but what causes federal government debt? In this video, Professor Antony Davies of Duquesne University traces the root cause of government debt to find out if the problem is too much spending or too little government tax revenue.
Material Type: Lesson
Econ Duel: Rent or Buy
(View Complete Item Description)This 6 minute video will explain the benefits and costs associated with buying a home versus renting a home. This video will aid in the mastery of standard EPF. 11 (b)
Material Type: Lecture
EconGuy Videos: Broken Window Fallacy
(View Complete Item Description)When something is destroyed, does that actually help the economy by creating construction jobs? Do disasters like fires, floods, earthquakes, tornados, or tsunamis actually stimulate job growth? Only if people were planning to light their money on fire before having to spend it on reconstruction! This is what economists call the Broken Window Fallacy.
Material Type: Lecture