The AP Economics class contributed to the school community through a project with Roots and Shoots and the Jane Goodall Institute. The description and pictures can be seen here:
www.rootsandshoots.org/project/reducing-paper-waste-and-garbage-cariboo-hill-secondary
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Why is OPEC legal if collusion is illegal?
Take a look economists:
www.cnbc.com/2011/02/14/the-worst-hyperinflation-situations-of-all-time.html?slide=1 We joined 150 college and high school students at the Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver for an interesting seminar on public policy and internal trade issues in Canada. The free lunch was fun, too.....!
Showcase your ideas on public policy and the role of markets by entering the Fraser Institute's essay competition. $9,000 in cash prizes will be awarded with $3,000 of this being designated just for high school students!
Submission deadline: June 1, 2018 https://www.fraserinstitute.org/education-programs/west/students/essay-contest Our current unit talks about the Resource Market and applies traditional economic theory to the question whether minimum wages are good or bad.
The research paper below shows an alternative view to what we discuss in class: http://www.nber.org/papers/w4742.pdf |