Mr. H.Green

Cost of Pizza Toppings

http://www.centives.net/S/2012/pizza-topping-markup-calculator/

AP Microeconomics Unit 2 PowerPoint and Overview

The unit 2 test is scheduled for Friday, March 10.

 

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Benefits of Healthy Living?

Good grades for good health?

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/20/a-smart-incentive-or-obesity-persecution/

The Costs and Benefits of "Train Surfing"

From Marginal Revolution:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-17/indonesia-train-surfers/52614180/1

Interesting Articles About How We Look at Costs, Benefits, and Rational Decision Making

A restaurant that offers a 50% discount on everything on the menu.

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/01/the-placebo-restaurant.html

A study shows that taxing alcohol may have lead to fewer drunk driving fatalities.

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2012/01/pigovian-taxes-save-lives.html

The Cost of the Falcons Playing in the Dome

From Freakonomics:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/13/football-freakonomics-the-frozen-conundrum/

What is the True Cost of Music Piracy?

From the Freakonomics blog:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-movie-piracy-really-hurt-the-u-s-economy/

AP Microeconomics Unit 1 Test Date Change

AP Unit 1 Test has been changed from Friday, January 20 to Tuesday, January 24.

The Opportunity Cost of Being Elite

Below is an interesting post on the opportunity cost of being elite at something (in this case, golf).

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/10000-hours-later-the-pga-tour/

AP Microeconomics Internal Assessment (IA)

Each IA is due the day after the unit test. The assignment sheet, rubric, and 2 example are below.

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