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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: More part-time workers suffer instability, long hours to make ends meet

As employers seek more control over labor costs, the number of part-time jobs has soared in the post-great recession period....

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Income Distribution…

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Grades 9-12

Would You Demand It?

In this economics lesson, students will compare demand and quantity demanded to learn about consumer behavior.

Key Concepts: Demand

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What quality of life can workers earning nation's highest minimum wage afford?

Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.32. Can the stateâ€™s low-wage workers can meet their...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Costs and Revenues, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Artists Learn Art of Business to Brave Tough Economic Times

In the classical performing arts, more and more artists -- ever more highly skilled -- compete for fewer and fewer...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt in Tough Economy

A new report shows 45 percent of young adults who recently got a college degree are underemployed, and the next...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts

In a conversation with economics correspondent Paul Solman, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew addresses jobs and economic growth -- issues paramount...

Key Concepts: Aggregate Demand, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Business Cycles…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?

Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Climate Change Causes Insurers to Rethink Price of Risk After Hurricane Sandy

The insurance industry looks at historical data, old and new, in order to assess the risk for potential disasters and...

Key Concepts: Insurance, Markets and Prices, Profit…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Fine Print on Your Bills Helps Big Companies in Taking More of Your Money

Cell phone bills are up 30 percent since 2009. So are cable television bills. Big companies are inserting tiny fees...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Costs and Revenues, Market Structures…

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

Trade, Exchange and Interdependence Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Trade, Exchange and Interdependence. People do not make everything that they and their family...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Credit…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Division of Labor/Specialization Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concepts of Division of Labor and Specialization. The division of labor refers to the practice that...

Key Concepts: Benefits of Trade, Credit, Demand…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Competition and Market Structure Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Competition and Market Structures. In the context of markets, competition refers to the situation...

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

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Roles of Government Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Roles of Government. Some roles of government include protecting the environment, helping the poor...

Key Concepts: Government Failures/Public-Choice Analysis, Markets, Roles of Government

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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

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 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 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Consumers Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Consumers. Consumers are powerful in a market economy, and the economic choices of consumers...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Goods and Services…

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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

Elasticity of Demand Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Elasticity of Demand. Price elasticity of demand is the way of measuring how much...

Key Concepts: Demand, Elasticity of Demand, Incentive

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