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Macroeconomic Problems

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Students identify the main phases of the business cycle and the conditions that are expected during a recession and boom. They discuss the difficulty of economic policy making. They practice solving equations using interest rates.

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the business cycle

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business cycle, policy, social studies
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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