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Grades 9-12

Underpaid Millionaires? The Economics of Major League Baseball

Use the hook of professional sports to introduce the concepts of competitive markets, specialization, and monopolies as they relate to...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Division of Labor/Specialization, Markets

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Save the Moonflowers

This economics and science lesson outlines the concepts of markets and natural resources while discussing the experiences of Margaret Mee....

Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Markets

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Who Knows What Inefficiencies Lurk in the Hearts of Rent Controlled Housing Markets? The Shadow Market Knows!

Imagine that you've just graduated from college and have been offered a position with a firm in New York City....

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Markets…

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Grades 9-12

I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich

Okay, so your tuna fish sandwich probably isn't worth a couple grand. It's most likely made with a type of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of the Family Farm

Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent...

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

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Grades 9-12

National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis

What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...

Key Concepts: Demand, Incentive, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse

Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers…

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