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Time Inconsistency: Today’s Actions = Tomorrow’s Regrets WorksheetTime Inconsistency: Today’s Actions = Tomorrow’s Regrets Worksheet
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Federal Reserve Bank
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Year
2011
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Time Inconsistency: Today’s Actions = Tomorrow’s Regrets

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Why do we choose instant gratification over maximizing lifetime satisfaction? How is this reflected in government and macroeconomics? Learn how one research analyst proposes individuals and governments can accomplish greater lifetime utility in the face of time inconsistency.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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procrastination, time inconsistency, behavioral economics, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use resource when studying personal finance and behavioral economics

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  • Well-designed resource with related articles, worksheet, and answer key

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Common Core

RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4

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