Monday Morning Economist in the Classroom
Monday Morning Economist in the Classroom
Calling all teachers! If you want to share the Monday Morning Economist with your students, this is the best resource for you.
One of the main reasons I started this newsletter was because I kept sharing news articles in class with my students, but felt lost when the articles weren’t lined up with lessons or when the semester ended. I wanted a way to keep sharing those stories with my students, and with other educators who like using current events in the classroom. I have always wanted this to be a go-to resource for students and educators. It’s humbling to know that teachers find value in these posts and are sharing them with their students.
While the Substack platform has a searchable archive, it’s not easy to tag or categorize posts. This means a curious educator must read through each post to see if it’s a good fit for their classroom. Hopefully, this page will be a helpful reference for educators looking to use Monday Morning Economist in the classroom. If you’ve developed any resources you’re comfortable sharing, please let me know and we can link them here as well.
I have arranged the sections below based on the typical topic order in a principles of economics course. If there are any more "advanced” topics, I’ve saved those for the end. Posts with multiple concepts will appear multiple times. If you’re teaching a special course and want some recommended posts, just leave a comment and I’ll see if there’s anything that I think would be helpful:
If you know of teachers who like using current events in the classroom, please share this resource with them. Monday Morning Economist will always be a free resource for educators. I’ll add this post to the main menu so that it’s always easily accessible.
Teaching Resources & Pedagogy
Incentives & Unintended Consequences
Opportunity Costs
Marginal Analysis & Diminishing Returns
Gains from Trade
Supply & Demand
Price Controls, Quotas, & Taxes
Externalities & Public Goods
Costs & Production
Market Structures
California Governor: Nothing Epitomizes Market Failures More Than the Cost of Insulin
Does the Board Game Monopoly Have a Monopoly on Board Games?
Game Theory & Behavioral Economics
Society's $21 Billion Problem [gift giving]
Tesla's Insurance Rates Increase for Night Drivers [statistical discrimination and adverse selection]
Why We Say We'll Cancel But Never Do [stated vs. revealed preferences]
September Is Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year [first mover advantage]
An Economic Lesson for Valentine's Day [signaling]
Second Place: The First Loser [loss aversion]
Oversubscribed [transaction costs]
Buy Now, Pay (More) Later [time preferences]
Principles of Macroeconomics
A Run for Your Money [bank runs]
Debt Limit or Limitless Debt: How Congress Will Decide America's Financial Future [debt & deficits]
Pokémon Prints Them All [money supply]
Meat Prices Are Hitting BBQ Joints Hard [inflation]
About Those Unemployed Workers... [unemployment]
Recession Dating [recessions]
Exports Aren't Counted as Exports Until They Arrive at Their Destination [national accounting]
I am going to borrow some for this semester from this list. I will let you know which ones are liked by my students the most.