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Student Loan Payoff Calculator | Anthony ONeal
Tired of your student loans? Our student loan payoff calculator helps you determine your payoff date as well as how to pay off your student loans faster.
Why Unemployment Claims May Be Overcounted by Millions - The New York Times
Weekly tallies of jobless claims were not meant to be treated as an economic indicator. The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of doing so.
Staying put during the pandemic: Fewer miles in trains, planes, and automobiles | FRED Blog
Reimagining Capitalism - Omidyar Network
‘A tale of 2 recessions’: As rich Americans get richer, the bottom half struggles - POLITICO
The trend is on track to exacerbate dramatic wealth and income gaps in the U.S., where divides are already wider than any other nation in the G-7.
Moneyness: Starbucks, monetary superpower
I recently spent some time on Twitter discussing the monetary wonders of Starbucks. In this post I'll bring a bunch of tweets together i...
College Scorecard
Find the college that’s the best fit for you! The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard has the most reliable data on college costs, graduation, and post-college earnings.
The Price You Pay For College - Ron Lieber Ron Lieber
An Entirely New Guide to the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make
Worries grow over a K-shaped economic recovery that favors the wealthy
Worries of a K-shaped recovery are growing in the alphabet-obsessed economics profession. That would entail continued growth, but split sharply between industries and economic groups.
Investing Scams Aren't New: 5 Lessons from the Great British Bicycle Bubble
Speculative frenzies happen now and then -- and they can seriously hurt your financial health.
People saving time, money by not commuting during COVID-19 - Marketplace
Cutting out commutes have also reduced CO2 emissions.
PROJECT: Budgeting with Roommates - Google Docs
NGPF Activity Bank Budgeting Spanish version PROJECT: Budgeting with Roommates Right out of college, many young adults choose to live with roommates because of the cost saving advantages. However, working out the budgeting logistics between roommates takes some effort and organization. ...
NEW! Virtual Version of the Bean Game (and Extension Activity too) - Blog
Note: For more activities and tips that you can use while you are teaching remotely, be sure to check out the Teaching Remotely section of the Teacher Toolkit. ---------------- The Bean Game stands out as a definite teacher and student favorite. It has a simple set-up, it's student-centered and applies core budgeting principles such as wants vs. needs and adjusting for financial hardships. Knowing that many of you are now teaching remotely, we developed a Bean Game virtual map where students make their choices on the map with numbers instead of beans.
Neuroeconomics and Shopping: Don’t Ask the Person, Ask the Brain | Marginal Revolution University
There’s a saying in neuroscience: “Don’t ask the person, ask the brain!” What does this mean in practice? And how does it affect the way we shop? Colin Camerer, a behavioral economist at the
Wikipedia: How to Motivate Expert Contributions? | Marginal Revolution University
What motivates experts to contribute to Wikipedia? Yan Chen, an economics professor at University of Michigan, ran a field experiment to find out.Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites in the
(5) The HIDDEN COSTS of Every Decision You Make! - YouTube
SUPPORT us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/twocentspbsds SUBSCRIBE to Two Cents! https://goo.gl/jQ857H Every decision you make comes with a price, which economists call the "opportunity cost." Understanding it can help you become a better CFO of your life. Two Cents was created by Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews, Philip Olson CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. We love dropping some knowledge on all things personal finance and helping you make better money decisions. sources: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Microeconomics/Opportunity_Cost https://www.th...
FCA hiring a ‘proof point' for Detroit at Work's residents-first job application strategy
As FCA US LLC extends offers to more than a thousand Detroiters, employment agency Detroit at Work's job pipeline model is getting put to the test.The automaker committed to consider Detroit residents first for many of the nearly 5,000 jobs it plans to add at two east-side plants as part of its…
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EconEdLink - Personal Finance Printables
In this personal finance activity book, students will complete one-page handouts including sing-a-longs, matching, and drawings.
Teaching Financial Crises
ISBN: 978-1-56183-742-7 Teaching Financial Crises is an eight lesson resource that provides an organizing framework in which to contextualize all of the media attention that has been paid to the recent financial crisis, as well as put it in a historical context. The current events stories, opinion pieces, and other popular media pieces that are today in great supply have generally not connected to educational objectives, historical analysis, and economic processes and concepts that are used in the high school classroom. In Teaching Financial Crises, teachers will find a non-partisan and non...
(5) Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium - YouTube
The Jackson Hole Symposium has provided public transparency since the first session in 1978. Representatives from the news media have been in the room with full access to the program and participants, and a transcript of the symposium papers and discussion is published online along with an attendee list. In addition, an e-book titled, “In Late August” tells the history of the Symposium. The Economic Symposium’s complete archive is available at kansascityfed.org.
52% of young adults in US are living with their parents amid COVID-19 | Pew Research Center
The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.
Daily chart - How did Americans use their coronavirus stimulus cheques? | Graphic detail | The Economist
According to a new study, less than half of the money was spent; a third was saved for a rainy day
Economic Impact Payment Spending
You’d Be Surprised: Special Features | U.S. Currency Education Program
Learn how the characteristics of this cast of five creatures are similar to the security and design features of U.S. currency. Created with youth audiences in mind, this animated video is great for classroom use.
How the Fed Influences Interest Rates Using Its New Tools | St. Louis Fed
Post-financial crisis, interest on reserves became the primary tool for adjusting the fed funds rate. And the ON RRP rate is now a supplementary tool that acts as a “floor.”
The McRib’s Many Economic Conspiracy Theories