Mikeroeconomics: Greek Financial Crisis Through Cartoons

Mikeroeconomics: Greek Financial Crisis Through Cartoons: A haircut is the term economists use to describe a cut in bond principal when a country renegotiates its debt.  In March, 2005, Argentina ...

Mikeroeconomics: Cartoons in Economic Education

Mikeroeconomics: Cartoons in Economic Education: Dr. Jim Allen, forwarded t his paper on cartooning to me. The title of the paper is, The Use of Cartoons as a Teaching Tool to Enhance Stu...

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About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Real Balances

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Real Balances: Real money balances measure how many goods and services your share of the nation's money supply will buy. Using this information, if Juan'...

Mikeroeconomics: Macroeconomic Indicators -- Recession

Mikeroeconomics: Macroeconomic Indicators -- Recession: Leslie Wolfson, an extraordinary AP Economics teacher, has complied an outstanding list of weird indicators that economists can use to deter...

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About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Supply and Demand

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Supply and Demand: For teachers who want a worksheet on the variables that can move supply and demand, I have a Google document here . The document is 10 page...

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About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.

Mikeroeconomics: Toy Tax

Mikeroeconomics: Toy Tax: This Slate article explains why toys "face" a lower tax than dolls. So Transformer are action figures that are taxed lower than a Barbie....

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Unemployment Rate

Mikeroeconomics: Daily Review -- Unemployment Rate: Calculate the unemployment rate for June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, and Nov. Interpret the data. My answers are in order my month:...