wingedradical Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Can anyone recommend a high school economics resource that makes an attempt to be even-handed? One that describes history, includes some macro and micro but does not go into either right or left wing diatribes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foucachon Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Look into Economics for Everyone by Compass Classroom. They're excellent! Comes with study guide/workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I really like Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. There are several editions. The 1st edition is shortest, but I know there are study questions in the back of the 3rd edition. Sowell does come from an Austrian perspective, but I didn't find the presentation to be insulting. YMMV, I think economics is a topic to which people bring many presumptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 There are some nice short videos at educationportal.com The course is titled AP macroeconomics review I think. The parts we have done are micro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I really like Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. There are several editions. The 1st edition is shortest, but I know there are study questions in the back of the 3rd edition. Sowell does come from an Austrian perspective, but I didn't find the presentation to be insulting. YMMV, I think economics is a topic to which people bring many presumptions. I'm reading this right now and I think it is a great book. The author has a lot of discussion questions on his website with what page of the book the answer is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 You could probably build a course based on The Teaching Company's course by Timothy Taylor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicmom Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 My dc used Thinkwell Economics. It is very good and seemed to me to be even-handed. They have 3 courses--one is macro, one is micro and one includes both macro and micro--that is the one we used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I am thinking of doing Economics for Everybody as well, but instead of using their recommended text (Basic Economics by Clarence Carson), using Thomas Sowell's book. Not sure if I want to try to match up chapters to do together, or just read Sowell after doing the Sproul course. I've also requested the Taylor course mentioned above from the library to check out. Right now Compass Classroom as a discount on Economics for Everybody. You can also view the first two lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Marbel, What did you decide to use? I'm thinking of having ds work through Economics for Everybody in a co-op setting, but we'd like to flesh it out a bit. We thought of using Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, but we're just not sure. We noticed that EfE refers to Basic Economics, but we aren't sure about the Carson book, and we wouldn't like to spend $35 to find that we dislike it. We looked through the Sowell book, and it looks good, but we'd have to carefully go through and match up the pages/concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Marbel, What did you decide to use? I'm thinking of having ds work through Economics for Everybody in a co-op setting, but we'd like to flesh it out a bit. We thought of using Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, but we're just not sure. We noticed that EfE refers to Basic Economics, but we aren't sure about the Carson book, and we wouldn't like to spend $35 to find that we dislike it. We looked through the Sowell book, and it looks good, but we'd have to carefully go through and match up the pages/concepts. We ended up starting Economics for Everybody. We like it, so far. Well, one child likes it, one finds it tolerable. ;) After we finish it, we'll go through Sowell's book. I didn't have the energy to key the two books together, so we'll just do one after the other. I have had Whatever Happened to Penny Candy from the library, but there is something about the tone of the book I just don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeterbunch Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 We are LOVING Economics in a Box. It's amazing. http://www.economicsinabox.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mims Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 We are LOVING Economics in a Box. It's amazing. http://www.economicsinabox.com We also love Economics in a Box and I privately wish everyone would take a course like this with an open mind but . . . I really have to admit it is from a very conservative, John Stossel, etc. view point. Just heads up since the op did ask for balanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I really like Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. There are several editions. The 1st edition is shortest, but I know there are study questions in the back of the 3rd edition. Sowell does come from an Austrian perspective, but I didn't find the presentation to be insulting. YMMV, I think economics is a topic to which people bring many presumptions. I'm also doing this right now and enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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