Economics

EconExtra is a series of posts that go beyond the textbook, relating current events and recent developments in economics to content standards, and providing resource suggestions to help you incorporate the current events into your lessons. This post could be tied into any discussion of what constitutes money.    Headlines In its relatively short lifespan, cryptocurrency has already seen several dramatic booms and busts. Why does the crash last week feel a bit different?

Several weeks of overstaffing resulted in wage pressure for Walmart and productivity declines at Amazon.

The Dow fell by more than 1,000 points as retailers' earnings reports reflected difficulty navigating higher prices and supply chain bottlenecks.

In August, Old Navy, the Gap Inc. golden child, rolled out all clothing styles in sizes 0–30 and XS–4X.

TSA PreCheck, Clear, and how the airport splits travelers into haves and have-nots.

Money is a powerful tool: it can buy us the things we need, and give us access to experiences we […]

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This is a great activity created by The Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE). To get more information about the activity and to download the worksheets pl...

Get your students engaged in econ with a classroom trading game. As trade expands, wealth increases, allowing students to experience for themselves the power...

Here is a great activity that helps students understand markets and price signals. In this activity half the class are buyers and the other half are sellers....

An investigation by the airport authority in New York City found customers were paying unfair prices at LaGuardia.

Russia and Ukraine export most of the world's sunflower oil. The war has disrupted the cooking-oil supply around the world, leading to higher prices.

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A cohort of Democrats say corporate greed has contributed to inflation, but many, including Jeff Bezos, are pushing back.

AL 0 Tim Kaiser, Annamaria Lusardi, Lukas Menkhoff, and Carly Urban Financial Education Affects Financial Knowledge and Downstream Behaviors effect of financial May 12, 2022

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The U.S. baby formula shortage should improve dramatically in coming weeks, President Joe Biden and top officials said on Friday as the administration scrambled to reverse a shortfall that hits lower-income Americans particularly hard.

Out-of-Stock Rate in April 2022 is 31%. Baby Formula; Up 11% Compared to November 2021. Data Shows Out-of-Stock Impacts of Inflation & more.

Endless “sold out” shelves… not again. A baby-formula crisis is rippling through the US, forcing parents to ration supplies or drive hours in...

Every year millions of new students are pumped into the federal loan system while current borrowers struggle to exit it.

Statistics on the level of educational attainment (i.e. high school, bachelor's degree, etc.) broken down by demographics including by race.

Discover the positive effect that education can have on your earning potential and discover what you need to accomplish to attain each level of learning.

We surveyed 1,000 Americans with a university or post-graduate degree, aged 25 and up, to gain a clearer understanding of their current financial situation

"It is far better to be born rich and white than smart and poor in America," reads a recent report from Georgetown University.

In the US, you drink milk or you pay up.

New Zealand will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric cars.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and neighboring and vulnerable countries.