May 11 2008
Welker’s daily links 05/11/2008
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Trade Deficit Narrows in March, but Exports Fall – New York Times
Weak dollar, rising unemployment and falling incomes in the states lead to weak demand for imports from abroad, shifting the US balance of trade away from deficit towards surplus. Here’s the Balance of Payment in action!
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Teachers feeling ‘frustrated’ over low pay, layoffs – May. 9, 2008
Thousands of teacher could be laid off as state budgets are cut back… at the same time, there is a nationwide shortage of qualified teachers entering the profession. What’s missing here? Interesting article about the Catch 22 in the American education system today. It’s all about incentives… or the lack thereof in the teaching profession!
About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. In addition to maintaining numerous online resources for economics student and educators, Jason developed the online version of the IB Economics course for Virtual High School and is currently authoring a textbook for IB Economics students for Pearson Baccalaureate which will be available in Spring of 2011. His economics student wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". Related posts:
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