Economics Arkansas

Resources for Economics

The Council for Economic Education’s EconEdLink website, has lessons that fit well in civics, history, government or business classes.  Most lessons have a PowerPoint with visual attached next to the lesson, are user friendly, and provide all resources necessary.  Lessons on elections, budgets, deficits and healthcare are available.  

Planet Money is a great resource to explain the economics behind current events.

Blog and podcasts can be downloaded on the iPhone through an app 

• http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/18/161337343/the-47-percent-in-one-graphic#more  Graphic of the 46% who pay no income taxes. 
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/07/160748725/episode-400-what-two-pasta-factories-tell-us-about-the-italian-economy Great story on two pasta factories and the Italian economy.  Good way to understand some issues in Europe.  
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/07/158376579/episode-273-when-the-u-s-paid-off-the-entire-national-debt History teachers may like this example of when the US paid off its debt. 
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/28/160195703/episode-398-obama-ryan-and-two-dead-economists -- Looks at comments by President Obama and Paul Ryan and compares them to what the economists, who are often debated, actually said.  If you search by Keynes on the website, you will find several stories about Keynes and Hayek. 

I will post things I want to share on the Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education Facebook. 

Rita L. Littrell, Ph.D. |   Director, Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education

                                                  Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis  

Direct link to education resources http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/

OR click on Little Rock Branch to go directly to the education resources page  

Little Rock Branch  

For additional information regarding educational resources contact:
Kris Bertelsen at the Little Rock Branch at kris.a.bertelsen@stls.frb.org or
Jeannette Bennett at the Memphis Branch at jeannette.n.bennett@stls.frb.org

For more information about the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' economic education and personal finance courses, please visit www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/.

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Online Personal Finance Game

Check out this free online personal finance game for middle school and high school students!  

EconEdLink

More than 722 lessons to choose from - and they're all FREE!