This South-Western College Publishing website describes a situation in which oligopolistic firms vie for competition among consumers.

Describes the groups of people in the United States that did not prosper in the consumer economy of the 1920s. These included farmers and recent immigrants.

Economists generally agree that free trade helps to improve the overall quality of life in countries that participate. However, disagreements do arise concerning trade agreements. This lesson plan looks at a disagreement between the US...

Scrolling down towards the bottom of this site, there are equations, diagrams, and some general information concerning price elasticity of supply.

Economics learning module with interactive assignments, projects and assessment discusses the interplay of demand, supply and market forces.

This module discusses fundamental problem of scarcity challenges us to think about an allocation mechanism to determine what is produced and who consumes it. It discuss scarcity and allocation mechanisms. In this course,the focus is on...

Learn about recessions, periods of economic slowdown often marked by high rates of unemployment, plunging stock prices, lower corporate profitability, and consumer anxiety.

This site discusses in great detail the differences between demand, supply, and markets. Useful economic terminology is identified in bold.

Examines how supply relates to economic decision making. Using the example of purchasing blue jeans, students take the role of producer to determine how many blue jeans they would supply to the market. Includes links and discussion...

In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.

Summarizes buyer equilibrium. Then click Next button at the bottom to learn about seller equilibrium as well as shortages & surpluses.

This website offers a very simple yet helpful description and example of the interaction of supply and demand, and what will happen to price and quantity when one or both of your supply and demand curves shift. This would be a good place...

This site shows cost curves for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, and has an interactive graph to show what their profit margin is at various levels of production.

An article on supply and demand and how markets work. Related links for teachers.

The costs and benefits of owning an electric or hybrid car will be evaluated in this lesson. By reading and researching the history of the production of electric cars, the lesson allows students to understand how this market has developed.

In this lesson unit, students locate recipes for a dinner meal, create a list of ingredients, then calculate the quantities needed for a given number of people, and the overall cost.

This economic glossary provides a definition of supply, and 2000 other economic terms and concepts.

This site provides a simple definition of market supply and the supply curve. Illustrates concept with a graph.