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As part of his series on Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Credit Cards are a risky business these days, especially for students and those holding multiple cards. Interest rates on credit card balances have always been high relative to other rates, for several reasons. Despite this, there...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
FDIC Chair Sheila Bair answers NewsHour viewer's questions on too big to fail, the power of the banking lobby, and how to tell if a bank is healthy.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
In an interview with Paul Solman, FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair discusses lessons learned from the financial crisis.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Sara Horowitz, founder of the Freelancers Union, explains why freelancers still lack many of the protections afforded to other workers.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
As part of his series Makiing Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how freelancers are faring in the declining job market.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The students sharpen their graphing skills by interpreting the relationship between changes in the unemployment rate (%) and real GDP. From this graph, students will determine the natural rate of GDP growth for the U. S. Economy ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Paul Solman speaks with economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff about the financial crisis and how it compares to previous economic meltdowns.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
As AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka works to shield organized labor from the excesses of big businesses, he faces many challenges, including dwindling ranks.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The students learn how a recession affects our economy, and how it might affect them personally. They examine the role the federal government played in dealing with the Great Recession, which lasted from December 2007 to June 2009...
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Paul Solman speaks with an author about how a decades-long government push to expand home ownership exacerbated the foreclosure crisis.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Is the commercial real estate market the next shoe to drop in the U.S. economy? Paul Solman reports.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman interviews Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula de Silva at the G-20 about the role of developing nations in the global economy.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman asks small business owners from around the world how the economy is faring in their home countries.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Ahead of an upcoming meeting of the G-20, Paul Solman speaks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman reports on Lehman Bros.' fall from storied Wall Street investment bank to a catalyst for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Paul Solman looks at the faces and places that illustrate the realities of the recession and Jeffrey Brown talks to experts about its impact on jobs.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
With long-term unemployment at a record high, the nation's jobless are taking little solace in recent data that suggests the recession is winding down.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Since the 1960's, many Americans eligible to vote have not bothered to do so- not even in presidential elections. Low rates of participation in voting have been worrisome to people interested in preserving our democratic tradition...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The threat of inflation is testing the Federal Reserve as it works to determine how to unwind emergency moves taken during the financial crisis.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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