This site gives us a rare and intimate view of a community of workers at the moment of its dissolution. Consumer Price Index - Compare the value of a U.S. dollar on different dates and calculate the Consumer Price Index. Indicators - Contains a set of 256 data series commonly known as the US Business Cycle Indicators, used for tracking and predicting US business activity. The data is grouped into 16 categories.
Students analyze the costs and benefits of hosting the Winter Olympics.
Learn about scarcity, economic wants, command economic systems, market economic systems, and markets and price. Students will hypothesize economic reasons for a decline in people volunteering for military service. Basic discussion of demand and supply and the determinants of demand and supply. Includes self-quiz for students on understanding shifts in demand and supply. The activities in this lesson are designed to help students understand why economists generally oppose subsidies for sport franchises and why subsidies may make political sense even if they do not make economic sense.