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Marketplace Minute with Bill Radke 3/5
This week: Greece's debt problems, the Bunning block, the post-office funk, more car recalls, and shopping through the snow.
Animated Economic Concepts
Videos explaining the concepts of Benefits, Business Plans, Commodities, Consumer Price Index, Equity, Gross Domestic Product, Labor Market, Line of Credit, Opportunity Cost, and Subsidy
Teens on the Street talk Economics
4 video clips: 1) Young people describe affects of recession in their own town. [1 min. 57 secs.] 2) Young people talk about their concerns about finding a job in the current labor market. [2 mins. 33 secs.] 3) Young people describe how they think they can get the necessary funding to start a business. [1 min. 19 secs.] 4) Young people weigh paying less for sugar against keeping families employed. [2 mins. 22 secs.]
A Case for Teaching Economics
David Brancaccio gives an impassioned plea for teachers to go beyond the text book approach to teaching economics in an effort to meet real world challenges and build a economic foundation for the next generation. [2 mins. 49 secs.] also Susie Gharib of the Nightly Business Report talks about her interest in the economy and how the simplest of things - like the iPhone - affect you economically in ways you've never thought about. [2 mins. 44 secs.]
California in Crisis: Public Education for the Privileged?
The March 4 Day of Action is designed to stand up for students like this 21-year-old UC Berkeley junior from a working class family who says she doesn't see the residents of her San Francisco Bay Area community represented at her school.
Marketplace Minute with Bill Radke 2/26
This week: Bernanke speaks, Greeks protest, European airline workers strike, Heinz profits oozes slowly, and Hummer runs out of fuel.
Marketplace Minute with Bill Radke 2/19
This week: Toyota's president on Capitol Hill, Google Buzz, nuclear power, Abbey Road, and Kevin Smith's bloated cheeks.
