Free Market Economics: A Syllabus
Activities Index
Advanced planning of activities, 3-6
Anthology or mock newspaper of quotes, 161
Auctions, pricing, 37-43, 52
buyers’ market, 42-43
effects of government intervention, 175
labor legislation, 82-83
price controls, 178-180
taxes, 176-177, 179-180
labor, 79-83, 84-85, 90-91
sellers’ market, 41
Bibliographical recommendations, 6, 9-10, 125n, 158n, 174n, 211-212, 221
Book reviews/reports, 4, 15
biographies of businessmen/entrepreneurs, 69, 127
government, role of, 175-176
labor unions and working conditions, 83
Bulletin board exhibits
advertisements, 134n
“broken window” thesis, 22, 47
business activities and production plans, 127
“I, Pencil” story, 24-25n, 145
trade channels, 145-146
transportation, 58
Classroom discussions
advertising, 127, 134n-135
Aesop’s ant and grasshopper, 61, 79
animal behavior, 29, 30-31
automobile industry, 70, 132
“box office receipts,” 50
“broken window” idea, 22, 47-48
cash holding, 99, 107n
changes, 68-69
Confucius, 86, 199
cooperation, 29, 30
economic freedom, 204n-205, 209n
“economic problem,” 21
football, 19
government intervention, 189n-190, 204n-205
human action, 15, 29, 68
Industrial Revolution, 209n
interview or TV panel format, 5
marginal utility quotes, 47-49
mistakes, 19, 185
novel plots, 15, 22, 23
private property, 21, 22, 47
production, 133n
psychic profit, 70
Rip van Winkles, Japanese soldiers, 214
tools, 56, 58
trade channels (viz. “I, Pencil” idea), 24n, 33, 50-51, 65-66, 87, 215n
transportation/travel, 58 values, value scales, goals, 15, 49, 147n
windfall spending, 15, 99, 107n
Congressional committee “investigation,” 5
Corporation Annual Reports, 4, 69, 76-77, 126
Dwarf on giant’s shoulder, line drawing, 164n
Family tree of economics, 161-163
Federal Reserve Notes described, 100-101, 115-116
Field trips
export company, 146
factory, 4, 126
historical homes, 5, 195
museums, 5, 25, 195
stock broker, 4, 54, 126
stock market exchange, 4, 54, 126
Film strip, “Understanding Inflation,” 4, 98
Fortune lists, 132-133, 146
Interviews and/or classroom visits, 4
bank official, 101
businessman/entrepreneur, 5, 69, 127, 176
former economics students, 11
grandparents, re changes, 196
Junior Achievement, 4, 69
Money collections, paper and coins, 99-100, 115-116
Money stock, chart or table, 101-102, 119-120
New York Stock Exchange, 58-61, 127-130
Newspaper clippings, 4-5, 83, 175, 189n-190
Newspaper editors, letters to, 4, 195
Papers, reports, research automobile industry, 70, 131
economic history, 29-30, 195, 196, 197-198
economists, 161, 170n
“Industrial Revolution,” 83-84
industries, firms, 131n
labor, unions, working conditions, 83-84, 196-197
private property, 22
tools, 197
trade routes, 145, 146, 150n
Pricing auctions, see Auctions
Questions to determine student understanding, 7-9, 11
Quizzes, rapid recall, 5
Stock Market “investment,” 4, 54-57, 126-127
Stock markets, described, 58-61, 127-130
“Sound off” sessions, 5
Swap day, 98
TV monitoring, 196
Trade, mapping interregional cooperation, 24-25, 145-146, 183n
“Utopian” scheme, 214-215
White Elephant Sale, 98-99
