The Volatility of Gross Private Domestic Investment Spending
Laurence Malone, Hartwick College
An applied exercise that shows students how to use National Income and Product Account (NIPA) data for the Consumption and Investment components of real GDP, and the significance of capital formation for economic ...

U.S. labor force participation: a jigsaw exercise
Mark Maier, Glendale Community College
Working first in expert teams, then returning to their base teams, students explore reasons for changes in U.S. labor force participation for men, women, younger workers, older workers, Hispanics and ...

Does the federal budget deficit matter?
Brandon Sheridan, Elon University
This exercise helps students think critically about the budget deficit. A budget deficit is not necessarily bad or good; it depends on other economic factors such as the growth rate, interest rates, etc.

Who Wants Free College? Using Higher Education for Applications of Externalities and Asymmetric Information
Alan Green, Stetson University
Student teams are asked to identify the focus of U.S. policy with respect to higher education and then choose a specific policy to improve the higher education system. Economic concepts include market analysis, ...

Location Choice for a Small Business – Recognizing Market Structures and Their Implications for Firm Behavior
George Orlov, Cornell University-Endowed Colleges
Students will discuss the location choice of a small business and how this choice determines the market structures in which the business would have to operate. Students will discuss how a profit-maximizing firm ...

Corporate Greed or Pandemic Pricing
Siny Joseph, Kansas State University
Students will answer questions related to a Planet Money podcast "Corporate Greed or Pandemic Pricing" and reinforce their understanding of factors that cause inflation and its impact on markets.

3-D Printers
Ashley Hodgson, Saint Olaf College

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 ...

Substitute Goods: What happens with a sugar tax?
Angela Thurman, Tarrant County College District,
This activity will help students understand the concept of substitute goods as a part of the unit on demand and supply, Students will explore the consequences- intended and otherwise- of instituting a sugar tax.

U.S. Economic Growth and Inflation Since 1970
Bill Goffe, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Students are given a number of variables to retrieve from FRED and from them they identify the behavior of U.S. inflation and economic growth since 1970.