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Decision Making

Lesson 5: Debts, Deficits, and Debasement: Using Public Choice Economics to Understand Public Debt

Download Lesson 5, Activity and Handouts Download Activity Slides Lesson Overview In this lesson, students take on the roles of…

E.R.P. #4

Lesson 1: Our National Debt

Download Lesson 1 and Activity Lesson Overview The national debt is growing by more than a trillion dollars per year.…

E.R.P. #3

Lesson 1: Economic Growth and Scarcity

Download EFL Lesson 1 Guide  EFL Lesson 1 Slides Introduction In this lesson students are introduced to the concept of…

E.R.P. #1

Lesson 14: The Rise of Big Government

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2.  Economic freedom,…

Absolute Advantage

Lesson 16: Protectionism vs. Globalization

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 2.    Economic freedom, rule of law, and well-defined property rights promote growth and prosperity. 4.  …

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lecture 13: Immigrants and the American Workforce

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

E.R.P. #1

Lesson 12: Wars and the Economy

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

Budget Deficit/Surplus

Lesson 11: The New Deal

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 2. …

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Lesson 10: The Great Depression

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.  A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face. 3.  …

Competition

Lesson 9: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1.       A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face.…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Lesson 8: The Political Economy of Emancipation

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY  1.       A key to understanding people’s behavior is figuring out the incentives they face.…

E.R.P. #4

Lesson 7b: Money and Monetary Policy

KEY FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY 2.  Economic freedom, rule of law, and well-defined property rights promote growth and prosperity. 3. …