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Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to author Paco Underhill about how consumer habits have changed in the recession.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman examines how the consumers who decide to save their money instead of spending it may exacerbate the effects of the economic downturn.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Paul Solman examines how the consumers who decide to save their money instead of spending it may exacerbate the effects of the economic downturn.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
This lesson examines the April 3, 2009, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, announcement of employment data and the unemployment rate for the month of March 2009. This lesson introduces the basic concepts of the ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson focuses on the March 26, 2009, final estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (Real GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2008, reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The current data and historical data ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Looking at the top five investment banks, Americans\\\' frustration continues over extravagant pay to executives receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Americans are beginning to ask whether we can get any of that money b...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |
Type: video / discussion
Paul Solman explores options for getting some of the money back to taxpayers from CEO bonuses at companies that received federal rescue funds.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Graphic illustrating how much bailed-out CEO's take home in their paychecks.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Paul Solman explores options for getting some of the money back to taxpayers from CEO bonuses at companies that received federal rescue funds.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Graphic illustrating how much bailed-out CEO's take home in their paychecks.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
As more Americans continue to lose their jobs - more than 600,000 in March - some companies are giving their employees the option of shared sacrifice in order to help keep employees from losing their jobs. This short lesson has s...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |
Type: lesson / video
The students listen to an audio file about brand loyalty and changing demographics as each of these factors affects competition in the news market. They identify major concepts presented in the audio file and record supporting det...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Sloan School of Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosts a yearly competition for the best business plan. It's not just your average science fair project. Many entrepreneurs have used the money they won in...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In this video, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports from Antioch, California, where a growing number of people are barely making a living whether or not they have a job. This short lesson has some \"warm up questionsâ ...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |
Type: lesson / video
At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, more than 400 positions have been saved thanks to executives taking lower salaries and other measures.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
Paul Solman reports on some workers who have made sacrifices to avoid more layoffs in their workplace.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool - Making Sen$e with Solman
At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, more than 400 positions have been saved thanks to executives taking lower salaries and other measures.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman reports on some workers who have made sacrifices to avoid more layoffs in their workplace.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
As the American economy continues to falter, anger against Wall Street and the bankers who contributed to the catastrophe is growing. But in 1920 America, there was a world-wide dissatisfaction with capitalism that went beyond an...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |
Type: lesson / video
This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported March 18, 2009, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the month of February, 2009. Students read the BLS report, analyze the meaning o...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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