Introduction, by Mark C. Schug and
William C. Wood
Part I: The Changing Economic Scene
1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about Economics, by James Gwartney and Mark C. Schug
2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not Forgotten, by Scott Niederjohn
3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others, by
Dwight R. Lee
4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for Instructors, by Angela M. Smith and William C. Wood
5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and Conscience, by J.R. Clark and Mark Schug
Part II: Making Economics Cool in School
6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to Know, by Jane S. Lopus
7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics Course, by John Morton
8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic Education, by Michael S. Gutter and Selena Garrison
9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship Program, by Barbara Flowers
10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know, by Lucien Ellington
Part III: Research Finding in Economic Education
11. Best Economic Education Practices for Children, by Philip VanFossen
12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School Economics, by Michael Watts and William B. Walstad