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Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What Do Tax Rates' Ups and Downs Mean for Economic Growth?
Do higher tax rates slow economic growth? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Economic Incentives, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side?
A new Congressional Budget Office analysis supports the idea that income inequality has grown considerably over the past few decades....
Key Concepts: Distribution of Income, Economic Incentives, Economic Institutions…
Grades 9-12
Avatar, King of the Box Office?
On January 26, 2010, the film Avatar officially topped Titanic as the top-grossing film of all-time at the box office....
Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Real vs. Nominal
Grades 9-12
LeBron James, The Cavaliers, and Derived Demand
PBS video author Paul Solman reports that LeBron James has added $200 million in value to the city of Cleveland...
Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: For Undocumented Workers, It's Not-so-Sweet Home Alabama
The controversial Alabama immigration law, know as HB 56, instructs employers to check a worker's immigration status with the government's...
Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Goods and Services…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will use I=P(r)(t) to calculate simple interest on a loan.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
EconEdLink Overview
This video is a basic introduction to the features of EconEdLink. It takes a look at the three most important...
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
EconEdLink Workshop Overview
This video is from an EconEdLink workshop held at the National Center for Economic and Financial Education. Teachers learn how...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: W, V, U or L: How Is the Economic Recovery Shaping Up, Literally?
The latest unemployment figures out Friday reinforce the notion that the U.S. economy remains weak when compared to recoveries of...
Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Land of the Free, Home of the Poor
Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the "tippy-top" of the economic...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Distribution of Income, Financial Markets…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?
Did America's record-high level of economic inequality in 2007 help cause the financial crisis of 2008? With Americans' borrowing back...
Key Concepts: Borrow, Budgeting, Credit…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Amid Debt-Ceiling Drama, Interest Rates Have Hardly Followed the Script
On Wall Street, stocks initially rallied Monday on the news of a debt-ceiling deal, but a weak report on manufacturing...
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?
With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the...
Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How to Succeed in Business by Really, Really Trying
Is the aptitude for business (the legal kind) distributed among convicted criminals as it is in the general population? One...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Character, Division of Labor/Specialization…
Grades 9-12
Jokes, Quotations, and Cartoons in Economics
Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students...
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Business, Business Cycles…
