Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and former Director of the Center for Economic Education.William C. Wood is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at James Madison University.

"Teaching Economics in Troubled Times provides easy access to classic economics content and debates in light of the Great Recession. Readers will gravitate towards the practical strategies for teaching economics as a stand alone subject or through history courses. It is an invaluable resource for both pre-and in-service teachers of economics."--Anand R. Marri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

• IntroductionMark C. SchugWilliam C. WoodPart I: The Changing Economic Scene1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about EconomicsJames GwartneyMark C. Schug2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not ForgottenScott Niederjohn3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others Dwight R. Lee4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for InstructorsAngela M. SmithWilliam C. Wood5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and ConscienceJ.R. ClarkMark SchugPart II Making Economics Cool in School6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to KnowJane S. Lopus 7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics CourseJohn Morton8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic EducationMichael S. GutterSelena Garrison9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship ProgramBarbara Flowers 10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to KnowLucien EllingtonPart III Research Finding in Economic Education11. Best Economic Education Practices for ChildrenPhilip VanFossen12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School EconomicsMichael WattsWilliam B. Walstad

Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and former Director of the Center for Economic Education.William C. Wood is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at James Madison University.

"Teaching Economics in Troubled Times provides easy access to classic economics content and debates in light of the Great Recession. Readers will gravitate towards the practical strategies for teaching economics as a stand alone subject or through history courses. It is an invaluable resource for both pre-and in-service teachers of economics."--Anand R. Marri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

• IntroductionMark C. SchugWilliam C. WoodPart I: The Changing Economic Scene1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about EconomicsJames GwartneyMark C. Schug2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not ForgottenScott Niederjohn3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others Dwight R. Lee4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for InstructorsAngela M. SmithWilliam C. Wood5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and ConscienceJ.R. ClarkMark SchugPart II Making Economics Cool in School6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to KnowJane S. Lopus 7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics CourseJohn Morton8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic EducationMichael S. GutterSelena Garrison9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship ProgramBarbara Flowers 10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to KnowLucien EllingtonPart III Research Finding in Economic Education11. Best Economic Education Practices for ChildrenPhilip VanFossen12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School EconomicsMichael WattsWilliam B. Walstad

Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and former Director of the Center for Economic Education.William C. Wood is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at James Madison University.

"Teaching Economics in Troubled Times provides easy access to classic economics content and debates in light of the Great Recession. Readers will gravitate towards the practical strategies for teaching economics as a stand alone subject or through history courses. It is an invaluable resource for both pre-and in-service teachers of economics."--Anand R. Marri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

• IntroductionMark C. SchugWilliam C. WoodPart I: The Changing Economic Scene1. What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to Know about EconomicsJames GwartneyMark C. Schug2. Maynard Keynes: Dead But Not ForgottenScott Niederjohn3. Free Trade: Helping Ourselves While Helping Others Dwight R. Lee4. Public Choice and Behavioral Economics: Implications for InstructorsAngela M. SmithWilliam C. Wood5. Morality of Markets: Classroom and ConscienceJ.R. ClarkMark SchugPart II Making Economics Cool in School6. A Challenging Assignment in Troubled Times: What Every First Year High School Economics Teacher Needs to KnowJane S. Lopus 7. A Jewel for Your School’s Curriculum in Uncertain Economic Times: The Advanced Placement Economics CourseJohn Morton8. Vital Knowledge in Troubled Times: The Role of Personal Finance in Economic EducationMichael S. GutterSelena Garrison9. Entrepreneurship Education, When and Where it Counts: The American Dream Youthpreneurship ProgramBarbara Flowers 10. Economics in History: What Every High School Student and Teacher Needs to KnowLucien EllingtonPart III Research Finding in Economic Education11. Best Economic Education Practices for ChildrenPhilip VanFossen12. What Research Tells Us about Teaching High School EconomicsMichael WattsWilliam B. Walstad