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.

Hurricane Economics 101: Quantity Demanded is Greater than Quantity Supplied. If the price is not permitted to rise, the outcome IS predictable...

ATTN Musicians: You MIGHT have an illegal instrument and the US Fish and Wildlife Service may be looking for you...

Who would you rather see after a natural disaster---A FEMA official or a Walmart Associate?

A nice timeline/flow chart of Steve Jobs life and times at Apple and elsewhere. Fascinating story!

Cartoon: Meeting of the Economics Optimist Club is now in session. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

Timely validation of my lecture yesteday on Lefties teaming with Righties on the issue of Ethanol...Not so much patting myself on the back as affirming I am not crazy... :)

Graphic showing the world largest employers...I think you will be as surprised by the names on this list as I was...

The cost of the Ethanol Mandate is not chicken feed....The Federal Government is bailing out chicken producers because the price of chicken feed is increasing---because of the Federal Ethanol Mandate. Does anyone else think this is kind of crazy???

Here are 5 Money Tips for College Freshman---so simple, yet so difficult to achieve--BUT TRY!!

If we taxed the "Super Rich" at 100% of their income, would that close our budget deficit? An interesting look at those numbers here...

A short opinion piece in Newsweek written in 1995 on how implausible it will be for the internet to change much. The perils of trying to predict the future when it comes to technology.

Results of a Gallup Poll on how people view their childs school relative to other schools around them.

Fact of the Day---Over 50% of the plastic bottles we "recycle" go to (mostly) China for processing...Think about that when you fill up your little recycling bin...How does THAT help the environment?

Nice graphs/charts showing the relationship between food prices and social unrest. Invariably it is the consequence of bad economic policy...

A nice graphic showing the perils of making only the minimun payment on your credit card. DO NOT fall into this trap. It will be the most expensive mistake of your life...