FISCAL POLICY INFO

LINK #1- Washington Post Visual of Revenue v Expenditures (You really need to look at this one)
LINK #2- How much is a trillion dollars?
LINK #3- NY Times Budget Puzzle, an activity that allows you to try and balance our Federal Budget. Read the directions carefully, this is a challenge!!!
LINK #4- Complicated budget game aimed at young people. Read/Listen to directions and use headphones.

AFGHAN ARTICLES FROM GOPO

LINK #1 -NY TIMES piece on the pressure to have male children

LINK #2- CNN WORLD article on shame and the role of women.

Remember this is just one place in the world where this happens. If we are not educated and informed we will just let it happen.

Unemployment and Poverty

Click the image above for poverty story (powerful) That is a "3D" chalk drawing from a guy name Julian Beevers

Unemployment Map (click for site or go below for realtime video)

What are your texting habits?

I don't text that much, but holy mackerel! I don't come anywhere near 1,000, let alone three times that. You kids are amazing, or something.

CNN ARTICLE

Here is an interesting financial tidbit on texting from CNNMoney about
America's Biggest Rip-offs.

*Text Messages -- 6,500% Markup*
Text messages are such a tiny piece of data that they cost carriers only
about one-third of a cent to deliver, according to computer scientist
Srinivasan Keshav, who testified before U.S. senators on the issue last
summer.

But on a pay-per-text plan, the 160-character messages typically cost 20
cents outgoing and 10 cents incoming. That's a markup of as much as
6,500%. OMG! =-O "It's pretty much pure profit," Keshav says.

PROTECTED SPEECH OR NOT?

Music ranges from one end of the spectrum to another. On one end you have this style of music. Not my thing. But the question is should the government be able to ban this kind of music from being made, sold, etc? Read this article for more information

COULD YOU DO IT?

ARTICLE ON A SCHOOL THAT TEMPORARILY BANNED FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ETC.

HOW HONEST WOULD YOU BE?

OIL, LOTS OF IT

Though I prefer the Canola or Olive varieties, oil has obviously been a top news story lately. Some info for you to take a look at (just click on the images). I wonder who is going to take the fall for this. . . ?

GOOD Magazine

Like most people, when I have time there are a number of online publications that I like to go to because they interest me. Since most of my life is spent around non-fiction, most of my interests revolve around that also. I am always looking for ways to explain economic and government concepts in simple ways. I also look for examples from our world of class concepts in action. Further, any visualization of our complex world is icing. So check out this link to GOOD magazine. This site is humorous and well explained.

Oil Issues

A couple of links on this developing news.
PHOTO CHRONOLOGY
One plan to stop the spilling
Some images from the effects of the spilling

US DEBT CLOCK/FISCAL POLICY FUN

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL DEBT . . . .

CLICK HERE!!!!

$1,000,000,000,000

BUDGET GAME #1

BUDGET GAME #2

CNN HAS FIXED OUR BUDGET PROBLEMS!!!

INCENTIVES IN SCHOOL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:
1) Is this a worthwhile use of funds? Why?
2) What part(s) of economics apply to this article?
3) Is paying students effective? Why? Would you respond to a pay for grades system?
4) How might pay for grades apply to teachers?

Health Care Funding Decently Explained

UPDATED!!!!!!! 3/30/2010
New York Times Explanation

What does health care mean for you, or your family?

Health Care Fact Check (supposedly as unbiased as I could find)

Hopefully this is a worthwhile read on health care funding from CNN.com

In addition here is an article on an interesting gamble some investors have taken

It's the economy stupid!

Found this article that I thought you would all find interesting. Well it is more of an image than article, but it summarizes a lot of "STUFF"

AP ECON STUDENTS LOOK HERE!!!!

Below is a link for the online version of our text book. Practice Questions, summaries, etc.

BOOK LINK

Consumer Debt

Check out the link on the history of consumer debt by clicking the image above.