The Economics Classroom: The Government's Hand
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Third in an eight-part series of professional development workshops designed to give high school teachers ideas about how to present economics in a way that will excite, inform, and entice students. Explores the intervention of the government in the free market. Teachers use classroom simulations to demonstrate property rights, incentives and public policy, and price floors and price ceilings. Hosted by Timothy Taylor.
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Runtime: 58 minutes 24 seconds
- Topic: Business, Education
- Subtopic: Economics, Teacher Training
- Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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- Release Year: 2002
- Producer/Distributor: Annenberg/CPB Project
- Series: The Economics Classroom
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