This activity includes a video explaining what "factors of production" are and how they contribute to costs of everything. In this example, Disney is described in terms of the items needed to operate the theme parks and business... and how these "factors" contribue to why Disney is SO EXPENSIVE!Activity includes watching a video and 3 discussions questions at the end. Lesson should take 1 hour to review with students. 

A product’s unit price can be helpful in comparison shopping, making sure you’re not paying more money for less of a product. But did you know that you should also be comparing the products you buy to...themselves?! Making products smaller while keeping the price the same is a sneaky way of raising prices. In this activity you’ll discuss how shrinkflation affects consumers and create your own plan to downsize a product in hopes that consumers won’t notice the difference.

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Il y a quelques thèmes en vedette:
1. Représenter l’argent de plusieurs façons : additions, fractions et équivalents
2. Tout savoir sur l’argent
3. Faire un budget

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Discussion of inflation, the CPI index and owners' equivalent rent. [Economics playlist: Lesson 8 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]

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]

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

If you find you have only a passing understanding of the daily barrage of economic news and you want to learn more, you're in the right place. Each month in Economy 101, we'll approach a different aspect of the economy in clear and simple language. Economics is about choices, and our choices are only as good as our understanding of the issues.

This 4-minute video lesson looks at the relationship between balance sheets and income statements. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 108 of 184]

This 4-mintue video lesson discusses contango. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 98 of 184]

This 4-minute video lesson discusses depreciation in cash flow. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 113 of 184]

This 4-minute video lesson discusses the basics of hyperinflation. It looks at Weimar Germany, Hungarian Pengo and the Zibabwean Dollar. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 172 of 184]

This 3-minute video lesson takes a look at actual sequential and year-over-year inflation data. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 160 of 184]

This 9-minute video lesson provides an overview of price inflation and how it is calculated. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 179 of 184]

This 3-minute video lesson explains why there tends to be moderate inflation during good economies. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 161 of 184]