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Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest valued alternative that must be given up when another option is chosen—helps people to assess their alternatives.

In this personal finance lesson, students will identify ways to spend and save to learn how to reach financial goals.

This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to discuss a family's regular shopping habits. 

In this economics lesson, students will identify conditions in the economy to learn about the Great Depression.

Students learn the meaning and measurement of six important economic indicators and use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank National Economic Trends website to assess the current state of the economy.

Student rank, research and compare different fiscal policy responses used by various governments during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This year's federal elections will involve electing a president, all members of the House of Representatives, and one third of the Senate. Barring some international crisis, economic issues appear likely to dominate the debates. In past elections, macroeconomic issues related to the b…

According to Gallup, Americans have considered the state of the economy "among the most important U.S. problems" since 2008. The issues frequently debated leading up to any presidential campaign include many economic issues such as improving the economy, how to reduce unemployment, the fe…

With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency across their borders, replacing individual country currencies and singling out the Euro as their one shared monetary denomination. Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard …

In this economics activity, students will compare immediate benefits to long-term costs of fiscal stimulus during recessions.