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What Works and What Doesn't: The Potential and Limitations of Fiscal Policy Lesson PlanWhat Works and What Doesn't: The Potential and Limitations of Fiscal Policy Lesson Plan
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What Works and What Doesn't: The Potential and Limitations of Fiscal Policy

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Twelfth graders study micro- and macro-economies. They examine theories about fiscal policy and the relationships between consumption and output, tax policy and government spending changes. They also consider how economic perspectives and theories about fiscal policy change over time.

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fiscal policy, public choice theory, social studies
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12th
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Social Studies & History
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