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Demand Note-making

October 18, 2009

Here are a couple of videos which explain how demand is determined, and how it is graphed: An interesting article about the changes in demand for peanuts following a salmonella outbreak. Gold demand increases in India before festivals. As consumer demand and consumption increase in China, they are left with a stinky problem. What happens [...]

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Chapter 3: Note Making Ideas

October 7, 2009

Benefits of Free Enterprise: Profit Motive in Swedish Schools. How the profit motive is gutting the newspaper industry. Cartoon from class about the profit motive and American Free Enterprise: A video about the changing nature of Federal Regulation. Promoting Growth and Stability: Revisiting the circular flow of the economy and the distinction between microeconomics and [...]

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Week 5 Links

September 28, 2009

A NYTimes article claims that the U.S. Dollar will see increasing competition from the Chinese Renminbi. This is an interesting article about a possible price collar on the carbon trading system. If you want to know what a price collar is click here. Here is a description of the upcoming climate bill which is going [...]

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Interesting Articles 9/20

September 20, 2009

This is a link to a cool story on the economics of piracy. Here are some infographics that I thought you would like: Geography of a Recession How the Government Dealt with Past Recessions Where the Rich Hide Their Money In this article they explain which places would be the most suitable for High-Speed Rail [...]

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Social Justice Topics

September 11, 2009

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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