Bluestocking Economics Bundle
This award-winning program explains economic principles, including money, investment, recessions, inflation, and more.
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Bluestocking Economics
Economics looks at how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations find ways to reconcile unlimited wants with limited resources. And isn’t unlimited wants with limited resources the plight of every teen? At the most basic level, economics attempts to explain how and why we make purchasing choices. Scarcity, supply and demand, costs and benefits, and incentives are all issues teens can begin to understand.
Bluestocking Economics Bundle is a clearly written, award-winning source for teaching in a way teens can grasp. Beginning with Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, the author assumes the role of an economist writing a series of letters to his niece or nephew (Chris). Economic principles are explained in simple terms using relatable stories and examples, even a bit of Roman history. Of particular interest to teens will be how economics impacts their personal finances. They will be exposed to real-life examples of many economic terms like investment cycles, taxes, business cycles, recessions, inflation, and unemployment, some very timely topics.
The second book in the Bluestocking Economics Bundle, A Bluestocking Guide: Economics, will reinforce and enhance your teen’s understanding of the subject matter presented in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy. It includes additional articles that expand on the concepts, suggested activities, a list of recommended movies and documentaries that contain economic history, and a list of websites with good financial content. A Bluestocking Guide: Economics also includes some discussion questions and tests, which are optional but some families may find helpful. A study in high school economics is required in nearly half the US states. A basic understanding of economics should help your student build strong money habits and avoid mistakes leading to lifelong money struggles.
Economics looks at how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations find ways to reconcile unlimited wants with limited resources. And isn’t unlimited wants with limited resources the plight of every teen? At the most basic level, economics attempts to explain how and why we make purchasing choices. Scarcity, supply and demand, costs and benefits, and incentives are all issues teens can begin to understand.
Bluestocking Economics Bundle is a clearly written, award-winning source for teaching in a way teens can grasp. Beginning with Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, the author assumes the role of an economist writing a series of letters to his niece or nephew (Chris). Economic principles are explained in simple terms using relatable stories and examples, even a bit of Roman history. Of particular interest to teens will be how economics impacts their personal finances. They will be exposed to real-life examples of many economic terms like investment cycles, taxes, business cycles, recessions, inflation, and unemployment, some very timely topics.
The second book in the Bluestocking Economics Bundle, A Bluestocking Guide: Economics, will reinforce and enhance your teen’s understanding of the subject matter presented in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy. It includes additional articles that expand on the concepts, suggested activities, a list of recommended movies and documentaries that contain economic history, and a list of websites with good financial content. A Bluestocking Guide: Economics also includes some discussion questions and tests, which are optional but some families may find helpful. A study in high school economics is required in nearly half the US states. A basic understanding of economics should help your student build strong money habits and avoid mistakes leading to lifelong money struggles.
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
This clearly written, award-winning book about economics is a remarkably easy and fun explanation of money (its origin and history), the dollar (its origin and history), investment cycles, velocity, business cycles, recessions, inflation, the demand for money, government (its economic behavior), and more. All explanations and interpretations are according to the Austrian and Monetarist schools of economic theory.
Using the epistolary style of writing (using letters to tell a story), author Richard J. Maybury plays the part of an economist (Uncle Eric) writing a series of letters to his niece or nephew (Chris). Using stories and examples (including historical events from Ancient Rome), Mr. Maybury explains economic principles, giving interesting and clear explanations of topics that are generally thought to be too difficult for anyone but experts. Mr. Maybury warns, "Beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. Many people are twice as smart as they think they are, but they've been intimidated into believing some topics are above them. You can understand almost anything if it is explained well."
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics contains additional articles, written at varying reading levels, that expand on the concepts presented in the primer as well as an economic timetable that can be used to fill in the economic history that is usually missing from history books, historical fiction, historical movies, documentaries, etc.
Also includes suggested activities, articles that expand on the concepts presented in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, and a list of recommended movies and documentaries that contain good economic history, and a list of websites with good economic content.
This clearly written, award-winning book about economics is a remarkably easy and fun explanation of money (its origin and history), the dollar (its origin and history), investment cycles, velocity, business cycles, recessions, inflation, the demand for money, government (its economic behavior), and more. All explanations and interpretations are according to the Austrian and Monetarist schools of economic theory.
Using the epistolary style of writing (using letters to tell a story), author Richard J. Maybury plays the part of an economist (Uncle Eric) writing a series of letters to his niece or nephew (Chris). Using stories and examples (including historical events from Ancient Rome), Mr. Maybury explains economic principles, giving interesting and clear explanations of topics that are generally thought to be too difficult for anyone but experts. Mr. Maybury warns, "Beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. Many people are twice as smart as they think they are, but they've been intimidated into believing some topics are above them. You can understand almost anything if it is explained well."
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics contains additional articles, written at varying reading levels, that expand on the concepts presented in the primer as well as an economic timetable that can be used to fill in the economic history that is usually missing from history books, historical fiction, historical movies, documentaries, etc.
Also includes suggested activities, articles that expand on the concepts presented in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, and a list of recommended movies and documentaries that contain good economic history, and a list of websites with good economic content.
Bluestocking Economics bundle includes:
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
Publisher: Bluestocking Press
Author: Richard J. Maybury
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
ISBN: 978-0-942617-64-1
Manufacturer Recommended Reading Level: Ages 13 through Adult. Though some of our readers have introduced the book to their children as young as 9 years of age.
Faith-Based: No
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics
Publisher: Bluestocking Press
Author: Jane A. Williams
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 978-0-942617-65-8
Manufacturer Recommended Reading Level: Ages 13 through Adult. Though some of our readers have introduced the book to their children as young as 9 years of age.
Faith-Based: No
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
Publisher: Bluestocking Press
Author: Richard J. Maybury
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
ISBN: 978-0-942617-64-1
Manufacturer Recommended Reading Level: Ages 13 through Adult. Though some of our readers have introduced the book to their children as young as 9 years of age.
Faith-Based: No
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics
Publisher: Bluestocking Press
Author: Jane A. Williams
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 978-0-942617-65-8
Manufacturer Recommended Reading Level: Ages 13 through Adult. Though some of our readers have introduced the book to their children as young as 9 years of age.
Faith-Based: No