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Grades 9-12

Indentured Servitude: Why Sell Yourself into Bondage? | Lesson Demo

Included in this interactive are two videos on choices, which are based on one of the lessons from the Focus:...

Key Concepts: Choice, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Economic Way of Thinking - Video

In this video, Dr. Mark Schug explains how the "economic way of thinking" can help students understand U.S. History concepts....

Key Concepts: Choice, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Opportunity Cost - Consumers

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

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Tone, Language Key to Successful Negotiations

Robert Mnookin, author of "Bargaining with the Devil" speaks with economics correspondent Paul Solman about the rewards and challenges of...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Author Says Modern Life is Good Despite Recession

Author Matt Ridley says life is getting better and better despite the recession. Paul Solman reports on Ridley's optimism.

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

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Grades 9-12

Utility

Can happiness be measured? Students will learn how utility relates to economic decision making and the law of diminishing marginal...

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

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Some Eye Strategic Defaults as Home Values Tumble

Paul Solman tells the story of some homeowners who have stopped paying their mortgages even though they can still afford...

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

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Examining the Motivations of the Modern Workforce

Business and Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on what drives people's behavior in the modern workforce.

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

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Should Consumers Move Money from the Megabanks?

As part of his series making sense of the economy, Paul Solman compares small community banks and too-big-to-fail financial giants.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The High Cost of Discount Culture in the U.S.

Economic correspondent Paul Solman looks at the effects of Americans' obsession with low prices as part of his "Making Sense""...

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

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: UAW Chief Gettelfinger Answers Questions

Retired United Auto Workers members ask union chief Ron Gettelfinger about the future of the union and General Motors.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Business Cycles, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economist Mulls Interplay of Money, Morality

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and the ways in which many people rationalize their unethical actions.

Key Concepts: Character, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Web Extra: 'Share' Economy at Beth Israel Hospital

At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, more than 400 positions have been saved thanks to executives taking lower salaries...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Business Cycles, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Some Workers Willing to Sacrifice to Avoid Layoffs

Paul Solman reports on some workers who have made sacrifices to avoid more layoffs in their workplace.

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Crises Can Spawn Societal Opportunities

Author Jared Diamond discusses his new book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed"" with NewsHour business correspondent Paul...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Government Failures/Public-Choice Analysis, Incentive…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Low Consumer Confidence Limits Holiday Spending

Paul Solman looks at the psychological causes and effects of lower consumer confidence through the holiday season.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Credit…

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