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- Lesson 1: The Basics Still Apply: Domestic or International, A Market Is a Market
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- Lesson 2 Activity: U.S. Sugar Policy
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- Lesson 3: Trade & Labor: Sweatshops
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- Lesson 1: Economic Growth and Scarcity
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- Lesson 7: Property Rights: Is the Environment Different?
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- The Magic of Markets – Trade Creates Wealth
- In the Chips — A Market in Computer Chips
- The Job Jungle: A Labor Market Game*
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- Economic Forces In American History
- Activity 1: Property Rights and U.S. History – Jamestown Simulation
- Activity 2: Indentured Servitude – A Colonial Market for Labor
- Activity 3: Transaction Costs and Currency – 1808 Road Trip
- Activity 4: The Oklahoma Land Rush – Property Rights on the American Frontier
- Activity 5: A Question of Trust
- Activity 6: Show Me the Money! A Fractional Reserve Banking Simulation
- Activity 7: The Great Depression – A Family’s Choices
- Activity 8: Women and Work in American History – The Opportunity Cost of Staying Home
- Lesson 1: The Market for Moving People to America
- Lesson 2: Births, Deaths, and Economic Growth
- Lesson 3: The Constitution as an Economic Document
- Lesson 4: Innovation, Education, and Information
- Lesson 5: Land Ordinances and Western Movement
- Lesson 6: The Transportation Revolution and Formation of the National Economy
- Lesson 7a: Banking and Bank Regulation
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- Lesson 8: The Political Economy of Emancipation
- Lesson 9: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Lesson 10: The Great Depression
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- Lecture 13: Immigrants and the American Workforce
- Lesson 14: The Rise of Big Government
- Lesson 16: Protectionism vs. Globalization
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- Economics of Disasters
- Introduction to The Economics of Disasters
- Lesson 1 Activity: Are Disasters Good for the Economy?
- Visual #1: Economic Growth from Hurricanes Could Outweigh Costs
- Visual #2: Or “I Can Answer That Question With Only ? Clues!”
- Visual #3: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen?
- Visual #4: The Broken Window Fallacy
- Visual #5: Human Beings Are the Ultimate Resource
- Visual #6: Modern “Translation” of Bastiat
- Visual #7: Student Handout Clues
- Lesson 1: Are Disasters Good for the Economy?
- Lesson 2: When Disaster Strikes, What Can Markets Do?
- Lesson 2 Activity: The Market for Thingamajigs – Price Gouging?
- Lesson 2 Activity: Nobody Knows Everything
- Lesson 3: When Disaster Strikes, What Can Government Do?
- Lesson 4: When Disaster Strikes, What Can We Do?
- Lesson 5: Are Disasters “A Disaster” for Lesson Planning?
- Addendum to Introduction – Catalog of Disasters
- Economics, Water Use, and the Environment
- Lesson 4: Water Law – The ‘Rules of the Game’ Matter
- Lesson 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
- Lesson 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
- Lesson 7: The Future of Water – Crisis or Cooperation?
- Introduction to Economics, Water Use and the Environment
- Lesson 1: When Is a Basketball a Substitute for Water?
- Lesson 1: When Is a Basketball a Substitute for Water?
- Lesson 2: Waste Is in the Eye of the Beholder
- Lesson 2: Waste Is In the Eye of the Beholder
- Lesson 3: Yours, Mine, Ours: The Rules of Ownership
- Lesson 3: Yours, Mine, Ours: The Rules of Ownership
- Lesson 4: Water Law – The ‘Rules of the Game’ Matter
- Lesson 4: Fishermen and Farmers
- Lesson 6: Would You Swim There?
- Lesson 6: Would You Swim There?
- Lesson 7 – The Future of Water – Crisis or Cooperation?
- Environment and the Economy
- The Economic Perspective
- Bag and Baggage
- Environmental Quality Is A Choice
- Site Selection: A Land Use Simulation
- Creating Teachable Moments: Economic Content in the Environmental Context
- The Activity That Fails
- Property Rights and “Green” Incentives
- Incentives Change With the Rules of the Game
- How Clean Is Clean?
- Using Markets to Reduce Pollution
- The Environment Is An Economic Good
- Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?
- Historical Overview (2012 update)
- Lesson 1, Part 1: Defining Terms – Poverty and Capitalism
- Lesson 1 Activity: What is Poverty? A KWL Exercise
- Lesson 1 Activity: What is Poverty and Who are the Poor? A WebQuest
- Lesson 1 – Defining Terms: Poverty and Capitalism, Part 2
- Lesson 1, Part 2 Activity: Will the Real Capitalism Please Stand Up?
- Lesson 2: Property Rights and the Rule of Law
- Lesson 2 Activity: You’re the Economist
- Lesson 3: Beneficiaries of Competition
- Lesson 3 Activity: The More, the Merrier
- Lesson 4: How Incentives Affect Innovation
- Lesson 4 Activity: It’s Not Rocket Science
- Lesson 5: Character Values and Capitalism
- Lesson 5 Activity: The Ultimatum Game
- The Ultimatum Game: Appendix 1
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- The Chinese Experiment: Opening Markets Reduces Poverty
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