The current economic crisis is one of those topics that continues to be a part of daily living and is challenging at best to understand. Thanks to Richard Byrne, following are two really good resources for teaching and understand what has and is happening.
"Reuters has created an interactive timeline of the 2008/2009 financial crisis. The timeline begins in September 2008 and runs through today. Each element on the timeline links to a news article, image, or video about the financial crisis. You can browse the timeline as-is or narrow your viewing by selecting one of five topics; Living, Money, Reckoning, Rescue, or Work." There is a really good intro video that is a look at how all of this has affected people around the world.
Along with this resource, take a look at this video: Economics 101.
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