Grade 9-12
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NCCEE Presents: Don’t Let Poor Decisions Work Against You

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: North Carolina Council on Economic Education
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Describe the different social levers that hinder us from being totally rational.
  • Explain how these levers impact our economic choices.

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State Standards

Concepts

Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Market Structures, Markets and Prices

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In this personal finance webinar, discuss behavioral economics and the many things that keep us from making better decisions.

Description

The biggest roadblock to making good economic choices? Our own behavior!

Join us as we discuss the irrationality of economic decision- making, and how the market uses this irrationality to influence our wallet. See a mini lesson that you can take back to your classrooms.

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