Analyze changes in equilibrium price and quantity
brian lynch, Lake Land College
Students evaluate the impact of changes in supply and demand on the equilibrium price and quantity.

Taxes
Siny Joseph, Kansas State University
Students will listen to an NPR podcast on soda taxes prior to class and be able to reinforce their understanding on implications of taxes and market outcomes.

Calculating Economic Growth and Inflation from FRED
Bill Goffe, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Students are given a number of variables to retrieve from FRED and they're asked to calculate both inflation and economic growth. Thus, they must they must find the correct variable, perform the correct ...

Understanding unemployment, employment, and labor force participation
Grace Eau, Georgia State University
In a fictional scenario students learn to evaluate an economy based on labor market conditions

Fiscal policy clap back: understanding the economic role of the federal government
C. Lucy Malakar, Lorain County Community College
Students will use their knowledge of fiscal policy and the federal budget to decide whether or not the federal budget should be balanced on an annual basis.

Comparative Advantages
Galit Eizman, Harvard University
This activity encourages a team discussion about the definition and implementation of Ricardo's theory of comparative advantages. Using the real life story of "Moneyball" (based on the book, the ...

Consumer Sentiment and the Expansion and Contraction of Real GDP
Laurence Malone, Hartwick College
The Activity Exercise helps students to understand how consumer sentiment affects the expansion or contraction of real GDP.

Elasticity and tax incidence
Mark Maier, Glendale Community College
This is a two part application exercise. In the first part groups estimate the impact of a property tax on an individual's rent. In the second part groups analyze the impact of a sugar tax on the price of soft ...

The impact of changes in foreign exchange rates on aggregate demand and employment.
Farhad Ameen, SUNY Westchester Community College
Students will be given a hypothetical situation that will require them to engage in logical reasoning of the impact of an appreciating currency on exports and imports, and consequently on Aggregate Demand, GDP and ...

The role of Institutions and Geography in Economic Growth
Ishani Tewari, Curry College
Students will listen to NPR's The Indicator podcast "The Persistence of Poverty" It describes how nations' modern development outcomes are strongly influenced by  historic events which ...