Sports Economics: To Build or Not to Build
Essential Question: Why did the Atlanta Falcons and the City of Atlanta partner to build a new $1.4 billion dollar retractable-roof stadium? On September 30, 2013 the Atlanta Falcons, the City of Atlanta, and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority announced they had officially selected a site for a new retractable-roof stadium. The site, just south […]
Page One Economics
Does International Trade Create Winners and Losers? “It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a […]
MT Financial Education Coalition Conference Bozeman, April 3, 2018
“Financial Education MATTERS” is the theme for the 2018 Montana Financial Education Coalition (MFEC) Conference. The 2018 MFEC Conference will be held Tuesday, April 3, in Bozeman at the GranTree Inn. The Montana Financial Education Coalition (MFEC) strives to improve the personal financial knowledge and decision making ability of Montana citizens by promoting public awareness of the need […]
Results are in for the 2016 Survey of States: Economic Education in our Nation’s Schools
Every two years, the Council for Economic Education (CEE) conducts a comprehensive look into the state of K-12 economic and financial education in the United States, collecting data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. 2016 Key Findings Since 2014, two additional states include personal finance in their K-12 standards and require those […]
National Annual Conference
Conference Highlights: Access to over 100 workshops where you can learn to integrate personal finance and economics into your classes Outstanding networking opportunities – meet with other teachers and learn how they’re tackling the challenges of economic and financial literacy education for K-12 students. Conference sessions and workshops provide actionable tactics that will help you incorporate economics and financial […]
Poverty & Policy
Understanding the causes, consequences and current programs to address poverty in Montana and the United States. April 7, 2017 – MSU This one-day public conference will bring together researchers, policy makers and advocates to share insights about policies and programs designed to alleviate poverty, with a particular focus on healthcare, nutrition, work and assistance, […]
Mexico and China Are Very Different Trading Partners
With free trade under fire from the incoming administration and under question from many other quarters, it is U.S. trade relations with China and Mexico that have been getting the most attention and criticism. That makes sense, given that those are two of this country’s three biggest trading partners — and the third is Canada, which is hard to get […]
Fed Hikes Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to raise its benchmark interest rate, as expected, and upped its expectation for the number of rate hikes in 2017. This move, which markets saw a 100% probability of, will increase the target of the federal funds rate — which banks use to lend to each other overnight — by 25 […]