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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

The 411 on College Education

One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization, Market Structures

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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 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

Income Distribution Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Income Distribution. Income distribution refers to how the total income earned ends up divided...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Income Distribution…

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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: Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit -- and a Positive Impact REPORT

Seven states have passed legislation officially recognizing companies with a conscience. Called benefit corporations, or B Corps, the firms strive...

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Investing, 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: 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: 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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