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Interesting Economics Articles

As colleges lose funding they are finding some interesting ways to cut costs. Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela has discovered a huge gas field. The Jordan brand has surpassed $1 billion per year in annual revenue. While this doesn’t make MJ a billionaire right away he is on track to becoming the first billionaire athlete! [...]

 

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Writing the Perfect Resume… Day 1

Here are the handouts from last week’s BEST class on writing a resume. This is the presentation with an outline of what to include: Writing your Resume Here are the different example of resume styles: Work-Context Based Reverse Chronological Skills Based Here are some action verbs to use when describing your experiences: Action Verbs

 

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The Economics of Misbehaving in School

Download from NPR by clicking here. Here is the transcript: Copyright © 2009 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. STEVE INSKEEP, host: As those kids return to school, see their friends, talk about their summers, they also engage in some economic decision making. [...]

 

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Social Justice Topics

Here are some topics you may want to focus on over the course of the year. Social Justice Topics Child Labor Child Soldiers Darfur Death Penalty Debt Discrimination Economic Justice Environment Food and Hunger Issues Genocide Global Climate Change Global Poverty Globalization HIV-Aids Health Care Human Rights Immigration Impact of War Inequality Iraq War Migrant [...]

 

 

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Introduction to Economics

This is the lecture from the first lesson on Economics. It is an overview of what Economics is as a science and gives a brief introduction to the concepts of scarcity, shortage, the factors of production and capital. Economics Introduction Post questions and comments below.