Pleasant Valley High School

Economics

Careers

Highest Paying Jobs in the United States
Lists are divided down by educational level from Resumagic.com.

Ten Hottest Careers for College Graduates
"Experts Predict Where the Jobs Will Be in 2014" from College Board.

California's High Demand/High Paying Occupations in 2008
Information from the government of California.

California Labor Market information
Deliniates the jobs in different areas of California, including Chico that are high wage/high demand.

Earnings and unemployment for persons 25 and over

California Reality Check is a great site to spend some time. You will not find a top 10 and bottom 10 occupations. You can however, do a search based on desired income.

Begin at this website: http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

Enter the desired salary in the box provided. Click button.

Now select the education level you are willing to pursue and the type of occupation you are interested in. Click button.

You will either find career options or realize that you have been unrealistic and need to go back and adjust your search criteria.

From the career options listed you will be able to click on any listed to learn what type of education is required, the projected job openings and salary information

Labor History

FTC Bureau of Competition
"The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition champions the rights of American consumers by promoting and protecting free and vigorous competition. "

Store Wars: When Wal-Mart comes to town
from PBS

ADVANTAGES OF OUTSOURCING
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2454530
Or try this link

DISADVANTAGES OF OUTSOURCING
http://www.thenation.com/issue/march-22-2004

http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript334_full.html#dobbs

Interstate Commerce Act

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Robinson-Patman Act

Celler-Kefauver Act
Clayton Antitrust & FTC Acts

Economic Systems

Economic Systems
Find out the 3 basic Economic Questions. From BuckInvestor.com

Economics and its
Beginnings : The Traditional/Command/
Market Economy
A very academic examination with some depth into these economic systems. Scroll down 1/3 of the way to find this section. From Minnosota State University.

Comparative Economic Systems
From the Social Studies Help Center, this site has a brief paragraph about the 3 economic systems.

Traditional Economies
Very short list of the elements of a Traditional Economy.

Traditional economy
From Wikipedia

THE TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
From Sackville High School, an article on the traditional economy of the Inuits of Northern Canada.

Laos
Read the section on Economy to get an example of a traditional economy.

Command Economy
Excellent, in-depth article from Discovering Collection.

Command Economy
From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia in the U.K.

COMMAND AND MARKET ECONOMIES
From Michael Watts and the International Information Programs. Essays on Command and Market Economies, Consumers, Business, Government and Workers in a Market Economy, This articles advocates for a Market Economy.

CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY
from the Encyclopedia of Business

Market Economy
From A Glossary of Political Economy Terms

CAPITALISM
Extensive article on Market Economy from the Encyclopedia of Business

Free-Market Economy
From Encarta Encyclopedia

Economic Systems Quiz
Test your knowlege of the three economic systems here!

Economic Systems Quiz [Another one!]
Test your knowlege of the three economic systems here!

Countries of the World
Locate the country you need here and learn about their economic imports, exports, natural resources and trading partners.

Investor Dictionary
Very brief explanations of economic terms

Economic Demand

Explorations in Economic Demand

Economics with a touch of Whimsy

Stock Market Links

New York Stock Exchange

EconEdLink

Stocks from Mr. Vought's List

Online Dictionary & Glossary in Economic Geography

Rich Glossary of Economic Terms to understand economics and management

A Glossary of Political Economic Terms

Glossary of Economic Terms
This glossary has definitions of a wide variety of economics terms. These are arranged A-Z.

Economic Glossary
"This glossary has definitions of a wide variety of economics terms. Each glossary term will also give any related diagrams, other related glossary items and related sections on Biz/ed."

Ask Dr. Econ
"Welcome to my office! I am Dr. Econ, and I specialize in shedding light on topical and challenging economic quandries."

Building Wealth
Use this interactive site to learn about saving, investing, budgeting and controlling debt.

The Federal Reserve System In Brief
Basic information about the organization of the Federal Reserve System, the services, roles, FOMC, how the Fed guides monetary policy and more.

What's a dollar worth?
Compare the amount a dollar would purchase in former years.

Peanuts and Crackerjacks
The Game is an interactive baseball simulation that gives you a chance to test your knowledge of economics and sports trivia.

Franchises