Tag Archives: Money Management

Class Discussion and Assignment: What We Spend Our Money On

Posted on May 1, 2012 by ajkeown

Teaching Tip:  The Planet Money article, “What America Buys” is fascinating, and the side-by-side graph showing the spending differences between 1949 and 2012 are extremely interesting.  If you can project these onto the board in class, it’s a great place … Continue reading →

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Class Discussion and Written Assignment: Help for a Recent Graduate

Posted on February 8, 2012 by ajkeown

Teaching Tip:  Chris Farrell is the economics editor for Marketplace Money, the personal finance show by American Public Media.  He also writes a column for American Public Media titled Marketplace Getting Personal.  In that column he fields questions from readers … Continue reading →

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Class Discussion and Video: How to Save $10,000 in a Year

Posted on November 29, 2011 by ajkeown

Teaching Tip:  One good way to present this material is to show the Wall Street Journal video “Saving $10,000” in class (which is about 3 minutes long) and then open up a class discussion, follow that with a written assignment … Continue reading →

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