Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Monday, April 16, 2007

Economics

Speaking of concepts to review with your students, don't forget that economic liberalization (and its political causes and effects) is something they should know a little bit about.

Here are some of the economic concepts that students ought to be able to define and use in an appropriate and coherent sentence.

  • market economy
  • command economy
  • mixed economy
  • agricultural sector
  • manufacturing sector
  • sevice sector
  • GDP
  • inflation
  • fiscal policy
  • monetary policy
  • debt (national)
  • Deficit
  • balance of trade (deficits and surpluses)
  • foreign exchange
  • productivity
  • comparative advantage
  • structural adjustment
  • shock therapy, etc., ec.



Get out the intro economics textbook. Or visit the economics page at Social Studies Help, a web site created by David Miller an assistant principal at Schreiber High School in Port Washington, New York


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