Welcome to "Let's Talk Econ"

Welcome to my new blog "Let's Talk Econ". I am a high school economics teacher who hopes to use this blog to introduce my students "real world economics". My intent is to occasionally write about a current event topic that has economic implications with the goal of helping my students better understand the issue and encourage them to comment and discuss the issue with their classmates.

I will also be using this blog to introduce my students to helpful websites that pertain to the topics we are covering in class.

Illustration courtesy of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

On this opening blog post I would like to introduce the students to the Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Current Economics videos that are available on the Khan Academy website. The following videos summarize what we are currently covering in class and supply some supplemental information on the supply of money which we have not discussed. It is important that these two videos be viewed in order (i.e. watch #1 before watching #2) since #2 picks up where #1 left off.

1. Monetary and Fiscal Policy
2. Tax Lever of Fiscal Policy

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