May 11 2008
Welker’s daily links 05/11/2008
Published by Jason Welker at 10:30 pm under Daily Links
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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 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 authorRelated posts:
