Economic Demise of the Soviet Union

Program Topics

• Lesson 1: Opportunity Cost
  • includes classroom activity: “A Journey of Choices”
• Lesson 2: Missing Markets and Missing Prices
  • includes classroom activity: “Missing Markets”
• Lesson 3: Incentives Matter
  • includes classroom activity: “Why Would Anyone DO That?
• Lesson 4: Property Rights
  • includes classroom activity: “‘What Do I Care Who Owns It?”
• Lesson 5: Transaction Costs – Life in a Soviet Household
  • includes classroom activity: “‘Na Levo’ – When Acting Within the Law Is Inconvenient”
• Lesson 6: Applying the Lessons of the Soviet Union
  • includes toolkit activity for assessing student understanding
• Unit Conclusion

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• Introduction to The Economic Demise of the Soviet Union Curriculum Lessons
• Lesson 1 Outline – The Soviet Choice for Growth
  • Lesson 1 Activity & Assessment: A Journey of Choices
• Lesson 2: Missing Markets and Missing Prices
  • Lesson 2 Activity: Missing Markets – The Task of the Planning Ministry
• Lesson 3 Outline: Incentives Matter – The Firm in the Soviet Economy
  • Lesson 3 Activity & Assessment: Why Would Anyone DO That? (Incentives Matter)
• Lesson 4: Soviet Farms – Property Rights
  • Lesson 4 Activity & Assessment: What Do I Care Who Owns It?
• Lesson 5: Transaction Costs – Life in a Soviet Household
  • Lesson 5 Activity: ‘Na Levo” – When Acting Within the Law Is Inconvenient
• Conclusions

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