Teaching Economics As If People Mattered

Edition:

2nd

Date of publication:

March 2007

ISBN:

0-9659249-4-7

Pages:

182

Price:

$20.00

The brand new edition of Teaching Economics as if People Mattered, with updated income and wealth statistics, is field-tested by high school teachers. This innovative and accessible economics curriculum looks at the human implications of economic policies. Twenty-one lesson plans are designed to stimulate dialogue and encourage active student participation in the classroom. Also suitable for college courses, formal and informal adult education, and self study.

Topics include:

• What is income and why do some people earn so much more of it than others?;
• Viewing income and wealth through gender and race lenses;
• What is wealth and how is it distributed in the US?;
• The global economy and the race to the bottom;
• The consequences of economic inequality;
• Strategies and policies for greater equality;

and much more!