Data on Chinese foreign assets increase in 2010. [Economics playlist: Lesson 16 of 20]

Data on Chinese M1 increase in 2010. [Economics playlist: Lesson 15 of 20]

Data on Chinese / U.S. balance of payments. [Economics playlist: Lesson 17 of 20]

Describes a simple business, leading to a discussion on inflation/deflation. It also touches on income statements. [Economics playlist: Lesson 1 of 20]

Continues the description of the cupcake business, inflation/deflation, and the income statement. [Economics playlist: Lesson 2 of 20]

Uses a spreadsheet to show why prices decrease when utiliation is low and why prices increase when utilization is high. [Economics playlist: Lesson 3 of 20]

Discussion of the floating exchange effect on China. [Economics playlist: Lesson 19 of 20]

Discussion of the floating exhange effect on the U.S. [Economics playlist: Lesson 20 of 20]

Discussion of floating exchange resolving trade imbalance. [Economics playlist: Lesson 11 of 20]

Continues the discusion of inflation and capacity utilization. [Economics playlist: Lesson 5 of 20]

Reviews President Obama's Stimulus Package and whether the stimulus is large enough to offset the demand shock created by the contraction of credit. [Economics playlist: Lesson 6 of 20]

A review of the China / U.S. currency situation [Economics playlist: Lesson 14 of 20]

Simple analysis of cost per job saved from stimulus. [Economics playlist: Lesson 9 of 20]

Analyzes unemployment data to show that real unemployment is worse than the headline numbers show. [Economics playlist: Lesson 7 of 20]

Presents an understanding of how the headline unemployment rate (U-3) is calculated. [Economics playlist: Lesson 10 of 20]

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Here is an interview I did with an elementary student who used the design thinking process at home. He prototyped and developed a product to sell for "Market Day." According to his mother, they redesigned, remade, re-shopped, and then redesigned again. For the Ideate portion of the process, they used the Internet to generate ideas, and then went to buy supplies to prototype their product. I interviewed the student to get a glimpse of what he experienced during the learning process.

This activity allows the students to discuss the burden of student loans and financing post-secondary education. An additional aspect to this activity is the mental health aspect regarding heavy debt loads for post-secondary. The discussion could include a debate on student loans, who is responsible and can a student "walk away" from this debt? Should the government pay for post-secondary education for everyone? If yes, would you be willing to pay more taxes for free post-secondary education?Students often finance their post-secondary education, which can be very expensive over many years. How does a student pay this debt back if they are unable to finish their program, especially in expensive programs such as medicine or law?  

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