Video and Multimedia
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Learning objective 17.1: Understand the United States’ approach to fiscal policy and the tools that are used to measure and implement those policies
Web Link 17.3: Greg Mankiw's Blog
Description: Blog discussing issues of monetary and fiscal policy.
Web Link 17.6: Stimulus Tracker
Description: Interactive graph of how the Stimulus Package was spent.
Learning objective 17.2: Describe how the federal budget is set and how federal budget surpluses and deficits work
Web Link 17.1: Interactive Budget
Description: An interactive breakdown of the Federal Budget
Web Link 17.2: Federal Budget 101
Description: An introduction to the federal budget process.
Audio Link 17.1: Borrowed Times
Description: The "history of the national debt"
Learning objective 17.4: Summarize the role of the Federal Reserve System in guiding national monetary policy
Web Link 17.4: Student Debt Crisis
Description: Nonprofit advocating affordable higher education.
Web Link 17.5: Clinton Borrows From Bernie
Description: Explanation of the origins of and the specifics of Clinton's plan for free college.