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Secondary Economic Concepts

Everyday EconomicsHelp broaden your students’ understanding of the underlying economic principals behind current events, as well as other more basic economic concepts.



Economic concepts featured in secondary lessons. Click on the date to go the lesson. When you have the lesson, scroll down for secondary.

A            
aggregate demand 1/10/10          
agricultural producers 8/29/10          
alternative (substitute) 1/16/11          
allocation 3/27/11 4/10/11        
C            
choice 10/3/10 10/10/10 12/12/10 1/2/11    
competition 10/3/10 2/6/11        
consumer preference 4/25/10 8/29/10        
contentment vs. satisfaction 9/12/10          
costs/benefits 9/6/9          
D            
deficit 11/15/9 10/31/10        
demand 8/31/9          
disincentive 11/15/9          
E            
economic justice 3/21/10          
economic recovery 1/30/11          
economic trend 5/2/10          
economics of disasters 3/27/11          
efficient 9/13/9          
employment trend 5/9/10          
entrepreneur 5/15/11          
entrepreneurship 2/6/11          
ethics 1/9/11          
experience good 12/12/10 1/2/11        
exchange rate 5/23/10          
externalities 9/6/9 9/13/9        
F            
Federal Reserve Bank 3/7/10          
financial literacy 3/21/10 4/4/10        
fiscal policy 10/18/9 10/25/9 11/1/9 1/31/10 10/31/10 12/5/10
G            
gift economy 10/11/9          
Gini coefficient 3/14/10          
globalization 5/23/10          
Great Depression 11/28/10          
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 1/10/10 1/17/10 2/28/10 3/7/10 11/14/10 2/27/11
H            
happiness 1/3/10 9/12/10        
holiday spending 12/13/9          
human capital 8/22/10 4/24/11        
I            
incentives 9/13/9 11/14/10        
independence of central bank 11/28/10          
intended consequences 8/31/9          
insurance 2/13/11          
J            
"just in time" 4/17/11          
L            
lagging indicator 11/8/9          
long term vs. short term 10/4/9          
Lorenz Curve 2/21/10          
M            
moral hazard 10/11/9 12/5/10        
N            
natural resource (natural capital) 2/27/10          
O            
opportunity cost 4/11/10 10/3/10 10/10/10    
P            
political risk 2/20/11          
present value 2/13/11          
price vs. cost 11/22/9          
profit 2/6/11          
protectionism 11/29/9          
property rights 3/14/10 1/9/11 5/15/11      
R            
regulation 2/6/11          
reward 10/3/10          
risk 2/13/11          
S            
scarcity 9/6/9          
social capital 1/3/10          
social norms 10/11/9 2/14/10        
social norms vs. market norms 8/22/10          
spending multiplier 12/5/10          
standard of living 3/28/10          
subsidies 5/8/11          
substitute use 9/13/9          
supply chain 4/17/11          
supply / demand 5/8/11          
survey 4/24/11          
T            
transfer payment 11/8/9          
trust 12/6/9 1/9/11        
U            
uncertainty 3/6/11          
unintended consequences 11/15/9 11/29/9 5/9/10 12/5/10    
unemployment 1/10/10          
utility 12/12/10 1/2/11        
V            
Valentine's Day 2/14/10          
value 12/1210 1/2/11        
W            
wants vs. needs 10/4/9 11/22/9        
wealth vs. income 2/7/10 2/21/10        
work vs. leisure 9/26/10          

Everyday Economics is written by Dennis Grogran, Program Director, Colorado Council for Economic Education. For information about CCEE's other programs, call 303-752-2323 or e-mail dgrogan@ccee.net.
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