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In this learning object you'll examine the supply and demand curves and to demonstrate the effects on equilibrium price/quantity and on price ceilings and floors.
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- Economics
- Keywords:
- Supply dem
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In this learning activity you'll describe inflation, its causes, and the negative consequences of it.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Inflation (Finance)
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Students read about the Federal Reserve System's structure and goals and the tools it uses to control the flow of money and credit in the economy. At the end of this activity, learners are asked to write how they would solve specific economic problems if they served on the Fed's Board of Governors.
- Subjects:
- Economics and Finance
- Keywords:
- Money supply Fiscal policy Macroeconomics
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- Others
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In this learning activity you'll calculate exchange rates to determine the impact of prices of exports and imports.
- Subjects:
- Economics and Finance
- Keywords:
- Foreign exchange rates International trade
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- Others
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In this learning activity you'll construct a production possibility model.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Production (Economics) Production possibility curve
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- Video
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Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Online social networks Information technology -- Economic aspects Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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- Video
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What lessons can economics learn from art? Megan Wilkens examines how, historically, trends in the art world have offered a prescient window into wide-ranging socio-economic shifts in society. If economists look closely at art, they might be privy to unexpected changes in cultural behavior.
- Subjects:
- Society and Culture
- Keywords:
- Art -- Economic aspects Art society
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- Video
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In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as remittances, makes a significant difference in the lives of those receiving it and plays a major role in the economies of many countries. Economist Dilip Ratha describes the promise of these “dollars wrapped with love” and analyzes how they are stifled by practical and regulatory obstacles.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Emigrant remittances
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- Video
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Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it's not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, displaying remarkable parallels to humans in their capacity to be opportunistic (and sometimes ruthless) -- all in the absence of cognition. In a mind-blowing talk, evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers shares what fungi networks and relationships reveal about human economies, and what they can tell us about inequality.
- Subjects:
- Biology
- Keywords:
- Mycorrhizal fungi -- Ecology
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- Video
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Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act.
- Subjects:
- Criminology and Economics
- Keywords:
- Money laundering Terrorism -- Economic aspects
- Resource Type:
- Video