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Students Suffocate Under Tens of Thousands in Loans
Students explore the concept of student loans. In this student loans instructional activity, students read an article about the large amount of student loans today's students owe. Students discuss how higher loan payments and increased...
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Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? | How Incentives Affect Innovation
Students focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.
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Economics: Who Benefits from Competition?
Young scholars examine competitive markets and complete a simulation called "The More. the Merrier." In the simulation they assess how goods are more available when competition increases. Students investigate how competition and the...
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Entrepreneur: Anita Roddick
Young scholars discover how entrepreneurs make their living. As a class, they identify the characteristics of entrepreneurships and their attitudes. Using the internet, they research the life of Anita Roddick, who founded the Body Shop....