This lengthy article offers many examples in its claim that smaller municipalities do a better job of governing and providing services than huge megacities.

Economics learning module on the fundamentals of economics including the role of government and economic systems.

How does the government raise money to fund government agencies like the EPA? Through taxes. This lesson looks at the different taxes that are paid by US citizens and how the money is used for things such as cleaning up the environment.

A study of social organization in ant populations and examines the need for a "leader" of an organization. The site is interactive and leads the user through the discovery of different roles within a colony. An extension is made to other...

This module discusses fundamental problem of scarcity challenges us to think about an allocation mechanism to determine what is produced and who consumes it. It discuss scarcity and allocation mechanisms. In this course,the focus is on...

Based on Avi's book, Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel, students will recognize that different schools, businesses, organizations, etc. have varying methods to allocate funds within the group. After completing research students...

Ancient Hawaii was ruled by chiefs, who were responsible for the well-being of their people and for managing the islands' resources. The chiefs divided the islands into land districts shaped like pie slices called Ahupua'a (ah-who-...

Using poverty rate as a measure of development, students select countries five at a time to compare how resources are allocated to three economic sectors (agriculture, industrial, service). After making comparisons, students will...

Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good needs to be increased, he or she needs to consider who will bear the increase in costs. Will the costs be distributed equally or will one...

Linear programming is a part of a very important area of mathematics called "optimization techniques". This field of study (or at least the applied results of it) are used every day in the organization and allocation of resources. Linear...

Arcade-style game introduces young learners to concepts of saving, spending, needs, and wants. Players have to keep their cars on the road by allocating their spending between needs (car insurance and gas) and wants.

There are lots of ways to receive income, and lots of ways to spend it. In this EconomicsMinute you will develop two budgets to help you decide how to allocate your income. Assuming you do not love making dollar bill rings.

This article analyzes problems requiring to allocate a set of rectangular items to larger rectangular standardized units by minimizing the waste. It discusses mathematical models and surveys lower bounds, classical approximation...

This newspaper article provides information and graphs to show how state spending on public welfare has grown over the past twenty years. It also details how the top fifteen states allocate their welfare spending.

Article with questions and answers relating to heart transplants. Great info from who is eligible, what is an average cost, what drugs are related and much more.

An introduction to basic concepts in beginning economics.

Students will work in cooperative learning groups to examine the similarities and differences in capitalism, socialism, and communism. They will do research to meet specific requirements of elements that must be included in a...

This is a lesson plan on the environmental aspects of economic development. Focusing on Brazil, the lesson takes students through the pros and cons associated with development and how multiple players are involved.

Although this article from the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History focuses mainly on the industries in Oklahoma that were impacted by the War Production Board, you can get a good sense of how American industry as a whole converted to...

Learners research the economic systems of a communist country and a third-world country and compare them to the US, guided by questions and using information from the CIA World Factbook website.

In 1968, Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history's biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.

This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

Why are perfectly competitive markets efficient?

An economics and literature lesson plan addressing capital resources, increasing productivity, and research skills. Based on a story by Robert McClosky called The Doughnuts.