tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36023682384493355362024-03-13T09:10:49.449-04:00ECONBLOGUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-89698028457395514992014-04-23T13:20:00.002-04:002014-04-23T13:20:34.501-04:00Productive Trucks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Think you are having a really productive day? UPS is finding new ways to measure every single step of a drivers day. The result? Productivity (and the pay of their drivers) is going up, up, up. Planet Money has a great piece on this very topic. Give it a listen <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=303770907&m=304041916" target="_blank">right here</a></span>. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-36938622961217552782014-04-23T13:05:00.003-04:002014-04-23T13:12:40.543-04:00Udder Robotics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It certainly is a great time to be a dairy farmer. No more getting up early to milk Bessie the cow. Heck, Bessie is now on her own schedule. Seems that robotics is already revolutionizing the dairy industry. <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/nyregion/with-farm-robotics-the-cows-decide-when-its-milking-time.html?hp" target="_blank">This article</a></span></span> </span>does a pretty solid job of talking about structural unemployment without using the words structural unemployment. This has me seriously considering a move to Vermont.</div>
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Stock Market Game (spring) 2013 is off and running. The rankings after week #1 are as follows...<br />
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1. Walnut Grove High- $108,513.00<br />
2. Long Cane Middle- $107,734.00<br />
3. George Walton Academy- $104,519.00<br />
4. Long Cane Middle- $104,183.00<br />
5. Pace Academy- $103,515.00<br />
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With more than 4,000 student teams participating, SMG 2013 is going to be a good one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-58188810263524686092013-01-07T13:00:00.002-05:002013-01-07T13:03:47.925-05:00Here We Go...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New Year. New Workshops? Looking for some teaching strategies or new lesson ideas? Of course you are. The winter/spring GCEE calendar is up and the chances are really good that there is a workshop (or two) specifically for you. With workshops designed for teachers in grades K-12, GCEE provides Georgia teachers with resources to help them teach economics.</div>
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Please visit <span style="color: #38761d;">www.gcee.org </span>for registration information. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-28731754853297929752012-08-07T10:06:00.000-04:002012-08-07T10:06:03.142-04:00APP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looking for a nice little Econ app? <a href="http://www.a2zeconomy.com/www/index.html" style="color: blue;">This one</a> just might do the trick. Why not get your students using economics-themed apps? Maybe they're not as cool as Angry Birds or Total-War-Monger-Mania but they will certainly help a lot more in preparing your students for the EOCT.</div>
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...a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-kid-economics-review/id461924160" style="color: blue;">good one</a>.<br />
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...another <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/economics-ap-free/id449698299?mt=8" style="color: blue;">good one</a>.<br />
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...another another <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred-mobile/" style="color: blue;">good one</a>. <br />
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In less than a week, the Federal Reserve will broadcast the "Conversation with the Chairman: Teacher Town Hall" on 8/7/12 from 2:30pm until 3:30pm.</div>
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Hit up <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/federalreserve" style="color: blue;">this link</a> for all of the awesome Bernanke action.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-43915767001215901602012-07-31T14:30:00.002-04:002012-07-31T14:46:42.797-04:00Pathway to Financial Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Discover has recently launched a program designed to help students (and teachers) learn more about financial education. A few of the things they are offering ...<br />
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... Grants to cover the costs of a personal finance course at qualifying public high schools.<br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.pathwaytofinancialsuccess.org/" style="color: blue;">www.pathwaytofinancialsuccess.org</a> for plenty of information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-37953440030353592592012-07-30T11:57:00.003-04:002012-07-30T11:57:28.647-04:00Welcome Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Fall 2012 school year is about to kick off and GCEE has you covered with 80+ workshops between August 12th and December 15th. </div>
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Check <a href="http://www.gcee.org/">www.gcee.org</a> on August 1st for all of the locations, dates and times of our workshop offerings.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-47489511826082428602012-07-26T12:05:00.000-04:002012-07-30T12:06:11.308-04:00GAEE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Want to be a member of a special group of economic educators who are all committed to bringing the latest and greatest lessons, ideas and teaching strategies to their students? </div>
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Why not consider joining the Georgia Association of Economic Educators (GAEE)? GAEE members gain access to the amazingly cool and helpful <a href="http://gaee.weebly.com/" style="color: blue;">GAEE website</a>, they get invited to the annual GAEE luncheon at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies conference in October, they get first dibs on spots in workshops and they periodically receive cool publications.</div>
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All for a mere $15.00.</div>
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<a href="http://gaee.weebly.com/" style="color: blue;">Join today!</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-12978834557531352692012-03-27T07:13:00.003-04:002012-07-30T11:59:14.262-04:00Georgia Economics Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to <a href="http://www.starrsmillhighschool.org/" style="color: blue;">Starr's Mill High School</a><span style="color: blue;"> </span>and <a href="http://www.johnscreekhs.net/" style="color: blue;">John's Creek High School</a> for taking home first place in their respective divisions yesterday at the 2012 Georgia Economics Challenge.</div>
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Starr's Mill won their third <a href="http://econc10.bu.edu/economic_systems/Theory/Classical/ricard_xacc_anim.gif" style="color: blue;">David Ricardo</a> Division title in the last six years while John's Creek brought home top honors in the <a href="http://libreriacedice.org.ve/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/adamsmith.jpg" style="color: blue;">Adam Smith</a> Division in their very first year of competing.</div>
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Both teams now move on to the national semi-finals on April 24th. Best of luck in round two to both teams!</div>
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A giant Econblog thank you to the great people at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for being such amazing hosts.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-10055759074635668192012-03-27T07:07:00.001-04:002012-03-27T07:07:20.925-04:00SMG Week 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some major changes at the top as we wrapped up week eight of the 2012 spring SMG. Some teams are coming on strong while others saw their portfolios drop.</div>
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Your top five.....<br />
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1st- Loganville Middle with $184,868.00<br />
2nd- Mountain View high with $172,610.00<br />
3rd- Jackson Road Elementary with $157,716.00<br />
4th- Mountain View High with $147,860.00<br />
5th- Centennial High with $147,082.00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-88299719543860228842012-03-21T08:28:00.001-04:002012-03-21T08:28:30.453-04:00SMG Week 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mountain View High is in the hunt and Long Cane Middle is still sitting pretty. Look out folks.....things are starting to get very interesting at the top.</div>
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1st place- Long Cane Middle with $170,143.00<br />
2nd place- Mountain View High with $148,789.00<br />
3rd place- Mountain View High with $148,518.00<br />
4th place- Centennial High with $147,159.00<br />
5th place- Long Cane Middle with $146,112.00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-38315559573602035162012-03-14T08:27:00.001-04:002012-03-14T08:27:46.788-04:00SMG Week 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Past the halfway point and things are getting interesting. Here they are...your top five spring 2012 SMG teams.<br />
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1st- Long Cane Middle School with $162,737.00<br />
2nd- Jackson Road Elementary School with $136,348.00<br />
3rd- Parkview High School with $135,058.00<br />
4th- South Cobb High School with $135,055.00<br />
5th- Mt. Paran School with $134,552.00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-66111494404049235842012-03-05T09:37:00.002-05:002012-03-05T09:38:17.993-05:00SMG Week 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What you see right there is some good, old-fashioned, movement. Ten weeks is a long time to stay at the top as that market can be volatile from day to day, week to week and month to month.</div>
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1st place- Long Cane Middle with $147,975.00. <br />
2nd place- Parkview High with $139,538.00.<br />
3rd place- Mount Paran Christian School with $138,496.00.<br />
4th place- South Cobb High with $133,678.00.<br />
5th place- Long Cane Middle School with $131,748.00.<br />
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Look out folks, the Loganville Middle School freight train is coming your way. After the fourth week of trading things are still looking good for the school from Walton County.</div>
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1st place- Loganville Middle @ $148,235.00<br />
2nd place- Loganville Middle @ $142,352.00<br />
3rd place- Long Cane Middle @ $137,280.00<br />
4th place- South Cobb High @ $132,914.00<br />
5th place- Mountain View High @ $131,595.00<br />
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Keep up the great work everyone.<br />
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Three weeks in and things are looking like so...<br />
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1st place- Loganville Middle School with $156, 480.00.<br />
2nd place- Loganville Middle School with $153,461.00.<br />
3rd place- Mountain View High School with $137,828.00. <br />
4th place- South Cobb High School with $135,405.00.<br />
5th place- Loganville Middle School with $127,278.00.<br />
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Tune in again next week to see if Loganville Middle can continue this tremendous run. <br />
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At the end of week two the standings look like this...<br />
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1st place- Mountain View High School with $162,877.00<br />
2nd place- Loganville Middle School with $150,332.00<br />
3rd place- Loganville Middle School with $148,145.00<br />
4th place- South Cobb High with $130,927.00<br />
5th place- Loganville Middle School with $125,854.00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-26295196179841839322012-02-09T09:35:00.002-05:002012-02-09T09:35:39.734-05:00Begin the Begin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And they're off! Spring 2012 Stock Market Game simulation is up and running. The standings after week one of competition...<br />
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1st place- Loganville Middle School with $130,844.00<br />
2nd place- Loganville Middle School with $125,805.00<br />
3rd place- Loganville Middle School with $125,129.00<br />
4th place- Mt. Paran Christian Academy with $117,323.00<br />
5th place- South Cobb High with $116,031.00<br />
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Best of luck to all participants.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-42060141346523417242012-02-01T10:37:00.002-05:002012-02-01T10:37:53.760-05:00Nice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20120201/BUSINESS0103/120201008/Chrysler-earns-183-million-for-2011-first-annual-profit-since-2005?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE" style="color: blue;">Good work out of you Chrysler</a>. Now keep it up. Make good cars. Sell those cars. Grow your operations. Hire more workers. Repeat.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-5666270904480655612012-01-30T07:41:00.001-05:002012-01-30T07:42:02.737-05:00<a href="http://www.mbaonline.com/apples-cash/"><img src="http://images.mbaonline.com.s3.amazonaws.com/apples-cash.gif" alt="Apple's Cash" width="400" border="0" /></a><br />Created by: <a href="http://www.mbaonline.com/">MBA Online</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-28570746754176898282012-01-26T08:01:00.002-05:002012-01-30T11:57:48.417-05:00The Multiplier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The New York Times is currently running a very <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?scp=3&sq=iphone&st=cse" style="color: blue;">interesting series</a> about iPhone production. Where are the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?hp" style="color: blue;">phones made</a>? Why are they made where they are made? How does all of this impact the US economy?</div>
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Also included in the series is a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Check%20this%20out-%20http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/20/business/the-iphone-economy.html?ref=business%20%20I%E2%80%99m%20thinking%20your%20students%20will%20like%20this.%20-Mike" style="color: blue;"></a>nifty video. I would bet the ranch (if I actually owned one) that your students will find this very interesting.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-30886439818237250232012-01-04T07:12:00.002-05:002012-01-04T07:12:18.823-05:00When I Grow Up....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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....I don't want to be unemployed. So maybe I should go into education or the health field? According to this wonderful <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/new-study-shows-architecture-arts-degrees-yield-highest-unemployment/2012/01/03/gIQAwpaXZP_story.html?hpid=z4" style="color: blue;">Washington Post story</a> that is right on the money. </div>
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<br />Many of you are teaching seniors right? Many of those seniors will be off to college in a matter of months right? Right. Why not share this with them so they can compare the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-college-grads-where-the-jobs-are/2012/01/03/gIQA43KCZP_graphic.html" style="color: blue;">unemployment rates</a><span style="color: blue;"> </span>of various areas of study at good old State U.</div>
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Maybe also a good time to discuss the difference in unemployment rates between recent college grads and those with advanced degrees in the exact same fields.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-85602738623261327982011-12-26T12:35:00.000-05:002011-12-26T12:35:33.913-05:00Good Enough for Government Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nothing here to see folks.<br />
Just keep moving along.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-89555481649804701112011-12-25T05:30:00.000-05:002011-12-25T05:30:02.145-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Holidays.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602368238449335536.post-54626706108133465912011-12-24T06:15:00.000-05:002011-12-24T06:15:00.472-05:0012 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You are going to need to spend some serious cash this season.</div>
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Like, more than a $100,000 serious.</div>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/business/for-101000-the-12-days-of-christmas-are-covered.html?ref=business" style="color: blue;">The 12 Days</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com