Mark Schug

Current Economics Topics for Teachers and Students:

• Solving Mysteries Using the Economic Way of Thinking

• How Did Covid-19 Change the Economy?

• Why Are Some Nations Rich and Others Are Poor?

• Be Nice to the Price

• Is Free Trade Out of Date?

• Why Is Good Politics Bad Economics?

• Economic Statistics Every Teacher Should Know

• Investing in Human Capital

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Economic History Topics for Teachers and Students:

• How Economic Reasoning Improves the Teaching and Learning of American History 

• Why Did the Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous and Free? 

• Why Did the American Colonies – Settlements without Gold, Silver or Spices – Become Economically Successful? 

• How did the Constitution Help Establish the Conditions for a Market Economy? 

• Was the Free Land Offered by the Homestead Act a Good Deal for Farmers? 

• The Rise Big Business: Were the Robber Barons Robbers? Barons?  

• How Did Bank Panics Lead to the Federal Reserve System?

• Why Did a Mild Recession in 1929 Become the Great Depression?

• Did Free Trade after World War II Kill American Jobs?

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Personal Finance Topics for Teachers and Students:

• Can Teachers Be Financially Fit? 

• Rules for Building Wealth for the Long Term 

• How to Spend Less Than You Receive 

• Connecting to Financial Institutions 

• Managing Your Credit and Debt

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Elementary and Middle School Topics Teachers and Students:

• The Economic Thinking of Children and Adolescents 

• Economics is Kid's Stuff 

• Economic Concepts for Kids 

• Integrating Economics Throughout Grades K-8 

• Research on Teaching Children Economics and Personal Finance

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And many more! Inquire with Mark about additional topics not listed here.