(Intro.1) What is economics? [video]
(pdf of file used in video)
Practice Questions
The following files are individual pics from this file that may be hard to see in the video or pdf file:
(timeline of revolution pic)
(gdp per capita pic)
(quote pic)
(pic on working for beer)
(pic of Korea at night)
(Intro.2) Harmonizing individual and social interests [video]
(pdf of file used in video)
Practice Questions
The following files are individual pics from this file that may be hard to see in the video or pdf file:
(pic of Adam Smith quote)
(Venequala pic)
(student loans graph)
Video 1—Why We Learn Famous Economists (So We Can Understand
Jokes On TV)
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(Sample Question) True or False? In The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret a character is surprised to see Adam Smith on British currency.
Video 2—So You Say You Believe in Private Property?
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(Sample Question) True or False? In Capitalism: A Love Story the documentary attempts to persuade viewers that people should be able to live in a home even if they do not pay their rent/mortgage.
(Sample Question) True or False? Letting people stay in their home regardless of whether they pay their rent / mortgage is much like confiscation of homes, something depicted in Doctor Zhivago as a common occurrence in the Soviet Union.
Video 3—What motivates workers best? Money or awards? From movie Harvest Time,
about motivating workers in the Soviet Union in the 1960's.
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(Sample Question) True or False? In the movie Harvest Time, the hardest working farmers were rewarded by monetary bonuses at each harvest.
(Sample Question) True or False? In the movie Harvest Time, the hardest working farmers were rewarded with awards and distinction, not extra money.
