• Washington Wire – WSJ.com : McCain’s Gas-Tax Plan May Be a Clunker
  Another take on the McCain / Clinton proposed gas tax suspsension
  (tags: taxes, McCain, Clinton, gas, politics, economics)
• GDP up 0.6% in the first quarter, as sluggishness continues – Apr. 30, 2008
  Looks like the US economy might just be teetering above the recession level… will contraction occur or will we avoid a full-on recession?
  (tags: recession, econom)
• BizEd – In the News stories
  A regular update of news stories relevant to principles of economics students from the ever popular BizEd site… just found this this week, might be an interesting resource for Econ teachers
  (tags: BizEd, economics, resources)
• Bush says pain from economy defies easy fix – International Herald Tribune
  Bush reflects on the waning US economy… surprisingly he opposes McCain and Clinton’s proposed gas tax holiday, also thinks it’s time to start drilling in ANWAR to help bring down energy prices.
  (tags: economy, recession, Bush, energy prices, unemployment, politics)

About the author:  Jason Welker teaches International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Economics at Zurich International School in Switzerland. In addition to publishing various online resources for economics students and teachers, Jason developed the online version of the Economics course for the IB and is has authored two Economics textbooks: Pearson Baccalaureate’s Economics for the IB Diploma and REA’s AP Macroeconomics Crash Course. Jason is a native of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and is a passionate adventurer, who considers himself a skier / mountain biker who teaches Economics in his free time. He and his wife keep a ski chalet in the mountains of Northern Idaho, which now that they live in the Swiss Alps gets far too little use. Read more posts by this author

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