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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The High Cost of Discount Culture in the U.S.

Economic correspondent Paul Solman looks at the effects of Americans' obsession with low prices as part of his "Making Sense""...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Family Vacation

Students will take a surprise trip around the world. As they travel, they will use clues to discover where they...

Key Concepts: Foreign Exchange, Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Problem of Transparency Nothing New to the Fed

As questions arise about the Federal Reserve's transparency, Paul Solman looks at the agency's attempts to balance public disclosure and...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: For Some, Finding Work Proves Extra Difficult

Paul Solman reports on how certain types of jobless people, such as executives and ex-convicts, are struggling to find employment.

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Many Left Uncounted in Official Jobless Rate

In this economics video, Paul Solman talks about the unemployment rate vs Jobless Rate.

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Deciphering the Shape of Economic Recovery

Paul Solman explains what economists mean when they talk about the "shape"" of economic recovery."

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment, Fiscal Policy

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Making Sense of the Stress Tests

Paul Solman explains how the stress tests played into the government's decision to let 10 big banks repay the Treasury's...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Goods and Services

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Detroit Feels Ripple Effects of GM's Bankruptcy

Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Michigan residents about the ripple effects from General Motors' declaration of bankruptcy.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: GM Bankruptcy Affects Myriad Stakeholders

Paul Solman reports on how General Motors' bankruptcy filing will affect different company stakeholders, from union members to bondholders to...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Economic Institutions, Risk and Return

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: UAW Chief Gettelfinger Answers Questions

Retired United Auto Workers members ask union chief Ron Gettelfinger about the future of the union and General Motors.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Business Cycles, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Gettelfinger Gives UAW's Take on GM Deal, Industry

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger gives the union's perspective on the recent plans to boost the struggling auto industry.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Institutions, Employment and Unemployment…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economics Reporter Finds Self in Mortgage Crisis

In a report from his "Making Sense"" series

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Credit

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economist Mulls Interplay of Money, Morality

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and the ways in which many people rationalize their unethical actions.

Key Concepts: Character, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In East St. Louis, a Racial Divide in Unemployment

Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the racial disparity in unemployment in East St. Louis, where memories of the Great...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Distribution of Income, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Colorism' in the Labor Market

Paul Solman investigates why darker skinned black men face greater discrimination and lower wages in the labor market than lighter...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Distribution of Income, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In St. Louis, Signs of New Deal Stimulus Projects

Paul Solman reports on plans for federal stimulus money in St. Louis and compares today's projects with ones constructed during...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment, Investing…

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