Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog---Just a Retired Social Studies Teacher. That's all...

Economics, civics, constitutional law, Supreme Court cases, AP Economics teaching resources, and classroom lessons by a retired social studies teacher.

No good deed goes unpunished...States want to tax electric cars because, well, they don't consume enough gas...Go figure...

Proof in this Graphic: We continue to buy stuff we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't know"...WHY do we do this??

Do you feel lucky? It is true you can create your own luck. See how it worked for Steve Jobs (and learn how popular fonts came into being)...Now, THAT was LUCK!

"Mary had a little Lamb"...Wait, what is the price of Lamb per pound? Really?..."Mary USED TO have a little lamb..."

If you had unlimited funds what would you buy? Well, if your name was "China" you could live that dream. These are some things they could purchase...

Still think we can close our budget deficit by "taxing the rich"? See the enclose chart to see who is REALLY ripe for taxing...

What industry employs more workers than Walmart, UPS, McDonald's, IBM and Citigroup...COMBINED? Do not "Tax" your brain. Click here to find out...

Negative Externalities and how the market price does not account for all the costs of production...Nice example here for class tomorrow...

"Keep your Fed'ral Gumment' hands off my Fed'ral Entitlement programs!!---Oh, and yea, decrease my taxes too"---Yes, we are that fickle..See the poll results here...

If the Demand for Healthcare increases but the supply of Doctors stays constant, what happens to the cost of Healthcare? Resist the urge to think the right answer---policy-makers do...

Perfect timing--We are covering Monetary Policy in AP Macro---China Raises it's Reserve Requirement...Why would they do this???

Scary graphics on Sugar consumption...I just spit out my donut...

Watch this video for an example of why Congress is not capable of creating jobs. I wonder how prevalent this thinking is around the House?

Just pay your taxes? Curious about the budget categories that money is going towards? Find out HERE

Export of Containers full of US made goods reaches an all time high...I just hope they are not full of paper to be recycled in China...!