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Fin Aid: Variable Life Insurance Policies
FinAid offers information for those interested in a variable life insurance policy, including advantages and disadvantages.
Other
Nat. Association of Life Underwriters: Life Insurance
This site from the National Association of Life Underwriters discusses what to consider when going to buy a life insurance policy. Advantages and disadvantages and the roles of the insurance agent are also covered.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Insure My Life?
In this lesson, life insurance options will be explored. Students will conduct online research to compare life insurance policies from 5 different companies. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.
Other
Insurance Information Institute: Homeowners Insurance Info
The Insurance Information Institute is a nonprofit fact-finding organization dedicated to improving public understanding of property and casualty insurance. Explore homeowner's insurance basics, buying home insurance, filing a claim, and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation: Key Terms
This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Ch. 14: Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Right Car Insurance
This instructional activity is designed to have students investigate insurance products for vehicles. As part of the instructional activity they will compare quotes as part of the parents' policy and as their own policy. This is a...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Labor Economics and Public Policy
An introductory course in labor economics from MIT. Emphasizes applied microeconomics and empirical analysis. Includes suggested readings, assignments, and exams.
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Digital History
Digital History: Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, and Welfare [Pdf]
After reading a brief history of Social Security and its inception in the United States during the Great Depression, find out about the various programs that provide a social safety net to its citizens. See how these programs are funded,...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ornl: Genetics Privacy and Legislation
Resource outlines issues related to genetic information and technologies derived from the Human Genome Project. Government policy, legislation and discrimination issues are highlighted.
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Nuclearfiles.org: The Triad Doctrine
Summarizes the policy of assured destruction under the three-prong strategy known as the Triad Doctrine.
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Ss Bulletin: Constitutional Background to the Social Security Act of 1935 [Pdf]
A very interesting discussion of the potential problems that plagued the implementation of the Social Security Act. Read about the cases brought before the Supreme Court which gave Congress the constitutional ability to tax and spend for...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: Truman Announces Fair Deal Program January 5, 1949
President Harry S. Truman presented his ideas for a Fair Deal in his State of the Union address in 1949. Read about his plans for extending the progressive legislation that had its start in Roosevelt's New Deal. Find out what passed,...