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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Demand Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Demand. Demand refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Elasticity of Demand…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Markets and Prices Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Markets and Prices. A market refers to a group of buyers and sellers for...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Market Structure…

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Grades 9-12

Price Ceilings and Floors Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Price Ceilings and Floors. A price ceiling is a legally established maximum price while...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Profit Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Profit. Profit is income received for entrepreneurial skills or risk taking and is calculated...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Entrepreneurs, Market Structure…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Supply Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Supply. Supply refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

Key Concepts: Markets, Markets and Prices, Price Ceilings and Floors…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Failures Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Market Failures. There are certain well-recognized conditions under which market failure occurs; this means...

Key Concepts: asymmetric information, Externalities, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Protecting Its Fannie: How Mortgage Giant Primed the Bubble, Covered Its Assets

As part of his Making Sen$e series, Paul Solman reports on the new book, "Reckless Endangerment," which argues that for...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Cycles, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Extended Interview: 99er Greg Rosen

Greg Rosen describes how he lost his savings in the Bernie Madoff scandal just months after losing his job.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Employment and Unemployment, Investing…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Did Greek Cuisine Foreshadow Economic Problems?

A food writer sees parallels between Greece's crushing economic problems and its departure from its simple, humble culinary roots. Paul...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Consumers…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Spain's Housing Dip Adds to Europe's Troubles

The housing market is on a downward slide in Spain and this could mean more problems for Europe's vulnerable economy....

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Will Greek Austerity Plans Buckle Under Pressure?

Paul Solman examines how Greece's debt woes began and what's being done to contain the problems from spreading throughout Europe...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Greek Prime Minister: Debt Recovery is Daunting

Paul Solman talks with Greek Prime Minister George George Papandreau about the country's debt crisis and its impacts on the...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Small Businesses Battle the Credit Crunch

Paul Solman examines the struggles of companies to gain enough credit to stay afloat as lending remains tight.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Credit, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economists Examine Potential for Longer Recession

Paul Solman talks to two economists about recent market instability and the possibility of a double-dip recession.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Grads Still Bound for Wall Street Despite Crisis

Paul Solman talks to Harvard economist Ben Friedman about college graduates who continue flocking to Wall Street, three years into...

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services, Incentive…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Do Obama's Financial Reforms Measure Up?

Paul Solman talks to Simon Johnson about how President Obama's financial reforms compare to those of past presidents.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions, Market Structure…

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