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Jason Welker

Economics of Disasters « Foundation for Teaching Economics - 4 views

www.fte.org/...disasterslessons

economics natural disaster

shared by Jason Welker on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters – from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future – through the lens of economic analysis. The contexts were chosen to facilitate the teaching of economic reasoning principles not only in economics courses, but also in history and the other social studies disciplines. Each lesson addresses a question that reflects people’s compassionate reaction to news of disaster and develops one or two key tools of economic analysis in answering that question. Case studies of past disasters provide real-world illustrations.
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  • This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters – from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future – through the lens of economic analysis. The contexts were chosen to facilitate the teaching of economic reasoning principles not only in economics courses, but also in history and the other social studies disciplines. Each lesson addresses a question that reflects people’s compassionate reaction to news of disaster and develops one or two key tools of economic analysis in answering that question. Case studies of past disasters provide real-world illustrations.
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  • This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters – from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future – through the lens of economic analysis. The contexts were chosen to facilitate the teaching of economic reasoning principles not only in economics courses, but also in history and the other social studies disciplines. Each lesson addresses a question that reflects people’s compassionate reaction to news of disaster and develops one or two key tools of economic analysis in answering that question. Case studies of past disasters provide real-world illustrations. Program Topics Introduction Addendum to Introduction Lesson 1: Are Disasters Good for the Economy? Lesson 2: When Disaster Strikes, What Can Markets Do? Lesson 3: When Disaster Strikes, What Can Government Do? Lesson 4: When Disaster Strikes, What Can We Do? Lesson 5: Are Disasters “A Disaster” for Lesson Planning? Activities
  • This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters – from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future – through the lens of economic analysis. The contexts were chosen to facilitate the teaching of economic reasoning principles not only in economics courses, but also in history and the other social studies disciplines. Each lesson addresses a question that reflects people’s compassionate reaction to news of disaster and develops one or two key tools of economic analysis in answering that question. Case studies of past disasters provide real-world illustrations.
  • Jason Welker on 15 Mar 11
     
    Lesson plans for the Economics classroom for teaching the effects of natural disasters
Kathryn Peyton

If it were my home - 0 views

www.ifitweremyhome.com/...BD

economics tok development

shared by Kathryn Peyton on 20 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Kathryn Peyton on 20 Jul 11
     
    Amazing website for econ/development. US centric, but can be used for other countries too.
Susanna Pierce

Eleni Gabre-Madhin on Ethiopian economics | Video on TED.com - 0 views

www.ted.com/...in_on_ethiopian_economics.html

International Development

shared by Susanna Pierce on 20 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Susanna Pierce on 20 Apr 11
     
    I use this video to expand on the issues related with international development.
Susanna Pierce

International Development and Poverty - 0 views

worldsavvy.org/...index.php

International development poverty

shared by Susanna Pierce on 20 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Susanna Pierce on 20 Jan 12
     
    This is a web resource that offers maps and statistics about poverty worldwife
Susanna Pierce

India Rising - Globalization and the Middle Class . NOW on PBS - 0 views

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Marginal Propensity to Consumer Disposable Income Aggregate Demand

shared by Susanna Pierce on 20 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Susanna Pierce on 20 Apr 11
     
    I use this clip to expand on the concept of MPC/MPS and Disposable Income before developing the Aggregate Model.
Jason Welker

Nouriel Roubini - What America needs is a payroll tax cut - 2 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2010091605846.html

shared by Jason Welker on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • The administration knows that it needs to fashion a revenue-neutral fiscal stimulus that increases labor demand and consumption. Its proposal to make permanent a research and development tax credit that dates to the 1980s, and then to enact a temporary investment tax credit allowing firms to write down capital investments at 100 percent of cost, are welcome -- but too modest a cure for what ails the economy. A much better option is for the administration to reduce the payroll tax for two years. The reduced labor costs would lead employers to hire more; for employees, the increased take-home pay would boost much-needed economic consumption and advance the still-crucial process of deleveraging households (paying down credit card debt and other legacies of the easy-credit years).
  • Jason Welker on 17 Sep 10
     
    Roubini says cut payroll tax to relieve households and encourage hiring.
Bret Willhoit

Google - public data - 8 views

www.google.com/home

data Google visualization web2.0 tools statistics gapminder

shared by Bret Willhoit on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Bret Willhoit on 12 Mar 10
     
    Uses econ data (among others) to show how different regions of the world have changed over time. Uses Gapminder technology to set graphs and charts in motion.
  • Tim Woods on 15 Mar 10
     
    This is great. I'm glad Google is putting some effort into developing the Gapminder software. The OECD Quality of Life indicators look like a great way to dive in Macroeconomic indicators.
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