Economics for Life Resources
Economics for Life
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Introduction
Introduction
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Your First Big Job: How to Get It
Insights from Authentic Happiness on Careers
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Wisdom from What Color Is Your Parachute?
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Conduct Informational Interviews
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Cultivate Contacts and Create Networks
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Research Organizations of Interest
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The Inverted Pyramid of Hiring
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Internships
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Resumes
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Cover Letters
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The Job Interview
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Do Not Take the First Offer (Maybe)
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Drug Test
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The Last (and Definitive) Word on Job Searches
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QUIZ: First Job
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Flourishing in Your Job and Well-Being in Your Life
How to Behave the First Week on the Job
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Gossip at Work
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Insights from Give and Take by Kurzban and Houser
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Promotions
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Women at Work
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Employment Discrimination
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Resources
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Well-Being
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What makes you Happy
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Authentic Happiness
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Bad Habits and How to Change Them
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Savings is One Key to Well-Being
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QUIZ: Flourishing in your job
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The Importance of Behavioral Economics
Introduction to Behavioral Economics
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Decision Biases and Information Literacy
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Traditional Economic Assumptions About People’s Behavior
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Irrational (biases, heuristics, etc.)
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Biases
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Nudges in Behavioral Economics
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Nudging Yourself
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QUIZ: Behavioral Economics
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What is Money?
The Definition of Money
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The Barter System
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How Money Is Used
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The Amount of Money in the U.S. (M2)
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Who Owns the Money
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The Federal Reserve Bank
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Nominal Money and Real Money
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Foreign Exchange Rates
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How We Get Addicted to Money
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Cryptocurrencies
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A Cashless Society
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Hyperinflation In Zimbabwe
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QUIZ: What is Money
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Analyzing Your Current Financial Situation
Your Parents’ Advice
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Ten Rules for Financial Freedom
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QUIZ: Current Financial Situation
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Budgets and Saving
Savings Among Americans
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Savings Rates in Select Countries
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China’s Savings Rate
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Influences on the Rate of Savings
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Global Consequences of a Lack of Savings
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How Much You Should Save
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Your Budget
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Why Budgets Do Not Work (most of the time)
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How to Use Behavioral Economics to Create a Workable Budget
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Credit Union Accounts to Facilitate Budgeting
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Establishing Financial Goals
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Reviewing Your Budget
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QUIZ: Budgets & Savings
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Credit Cards, Auto Loans, and Other Personal Debt
How Much Have Americans Borrowed?
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What Determines Interest Rates
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Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates (Treasuring Bills and Bonds)
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Your Credit Score
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How to Get and Maintain a Good Credit Score
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Pay for Deletion
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Credit Rating Agencies
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Good and Bad Debt
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Credit Cards Are Addictive
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How to Use Credit Cards Wisely
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Credit Card Providers and the Games They Play
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Auto Loans and Leases
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What to Do if You Fall Behind
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Personal Loans
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Pay off the Debt With the Highest Interest First
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Identity Theft
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The Last Resort: Bankruptcy
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QUIZ: Credit Cards, Loans, & Debt
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Student Loans
Student Loans Are Good Debt
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Student Debt Abuse by Educational Organizations
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The Rules of Student Debt
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Paying Back Student Debt
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Government versus Private Lenders for Student Debt?
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Defaulting on Student Debt
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Problems With Student Debt
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Debt Forgiveness for the Helping Professions
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How Much Debt Should I Take On?
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What Majors Are Worth Taking on Student Debt
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QUIZ: Student Loans
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Understanding the Time Value of Money
The Miracle of Compound Interest
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The Time Value of Money
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Intertemporal Consumption and Savings
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The Future Value of Dollars Received Today
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The Present Value of Dollars Received in the Future
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The Present Value or Future Value of an Annuity
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QUIZ: Understanding the value of money
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Banks and Financial Institutions
Different Types of Financial Institutions
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Commercial Banks
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Savings Institutions
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Credit Unions
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Finance Companies
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Securities Firms
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Insurance Companies
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Investment Companies
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Financial Conglomerates
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Payday Lenders
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Banks Are Not Your Friends
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Financial Services Offered by Banks and Credit Unions
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Why Banks Want You to Sign Up for Electronic Bill Payment
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Who Regulates Banks and Credit Unions
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How Interest Rates on Deposits and Loans Are Determined
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Supply and Demand of Funds
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Bank Runs and Financial Crises
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QUIZ: Banks and Financial Institutions
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Buying a Home
Reasons to Rent or Own a Home
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You Are Buying a Location, Not Just a Physical Structure
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Calculate What You Can Afford
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Difficulties of First-Time Home Buyers
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House as Nest or House as Investment
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Rate of Return on Houses as Investments
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Finding a Real Estate Agent
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Home Prices
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The Down Payment and Private Mortgage Insurance
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Regular 30-Year Fixed Mortgage
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FHA Mortgage
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VA Loans
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Where to Get a Mortgage
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Pre-Qualifying for a Mortgage
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Types of Mortgages
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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The Home Mortgage Crisis of 2006 to 2009 and the Great Recession
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Transaction Costs of Purchasing a Home
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How to Calculate the Monthly Payment
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Tax Consequences of Home Ownership
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Annual Costs of Home Ownership
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Common Mistakes in Taking Out a Mortgage
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When to Refinance
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QUIZ: Buying a Home
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Insurance: What Do You Need?
Life’s Problems Will Happen to You
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The Concept of Insuring Against Risk
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The Business Model of Insurance Companies
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Health Insurance
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The Main Reason People Go Bankrupt
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Affordable Care Act
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Disability Insurance
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Auto Insurance
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Renter's Insurance
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Homeowner’s Insurance
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Flood Insurance
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Life Insurance
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Umbrella Personal Liability Policy
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QUIZ: Insurance
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Investing Fundamentals
The Nature of Investing
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Risk and Reward
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How Return on Investment is Calculated
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Historical Returns on Various Investments
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The Portfolio Theory of Investing
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Investing in Money Markets
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Investing in Bonds
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Corporate Bonds
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Municipal Bonds
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Federal Agency Bonds
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State Agency Bonds
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Bond Ratings
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Investing in Stocks
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The Current One Year P/E Estimate
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Bubbles and Busts in the Stock Market
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Investing in Commodities
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Investing in Art
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Day Trading
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Investing in Stock Options
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Buying Your Company’s Stock
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Investing in Real Estate
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The Biggest Investment Mistakes
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How to Learn From Investment Mistakes
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QUIZ: Investing Fundamentals
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Investing in Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds
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The Advantage of a Mutual Fund
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For-Profit Mutual Funds
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Nonprofit Mutual Funds
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Load vs. No-Load and Open End Funds vs. Closed End Funds
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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
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Types of Mutual Funds
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Hedge Funds
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Domestic and International Stock Funds
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Diversification Advice
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Social Investing Funds (ESG Funds)
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Non-Fossil Fuel Funds
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Draft Lesson
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QUIZ: Mutual Funds
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Saving for Retirement
Goals for Retirement
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Social Security Payments
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401(k)s and 403(b)s
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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs
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Annuities
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Companies to Handle Your 401(k)s or IRAs
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Rolling Over Your Retirement Funds
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Imagining Your Retirement
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QUIZ: Savings for Retirement
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Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy-Government Intervention in Your Life
The Business Cycle and Recessions
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Government Tax Policy
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Government Spending
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Government Recession Counteractions
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The Federal Reserve Bank
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Modern Monetary Theory
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Fiat Money
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Taxes Make Fiat Currency (And the Economy) Work
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Debts Do Not Matter
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The Point of Taxes
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Infation
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Obtaining Full Employment
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What We Cannot Do
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China and Trade
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Criticisms
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Conclusion
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QUIZ: Fiscal and Monetary policies
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Announcements Reviews Course Info

There are a number of resources that will help you identify companies that are committed to diversity and inclusion, as well as resources to consult if you have been the subject of harassment or discrimination in the workplace. Several are listed here.

How to identify companies that value diversity, equity, and inclusion

  • How to Tell If a Company Truly Values Diversity and Inclusion (or Is Just All Talk)
  • How to Tell If a Company Values Diversity and Inclusion

How to identify bias in a job listing

  • 8 Great Job Boards for Diverse Professionals
  • Gender Decoder Tool
  • How to Identify Gender Bias in a Job Listing
  • Top Diversity and Inclusion Job Board Sites

Knowing your rights as an employee

  • 13 Things Your Boss Can’t Legally Do
  • Employees’ Practical Guide to Requesting and Negotiating Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA
  • National Labor Relations Board Employee Rights
  • U.S. Labor Laws and Issues

What to do if you have been discriminated against

  • How to File a Charge of Employment Discrimination
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidance by Type of Discrimination
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidance on Sexual Harassment

How to recognize and respond to workplace stressors or microaggressions

  • Black Women Talk About Workplace Stress and How They Cope
  • How To Handle Microaggressions in the Workplace
  • Minimizing and addressing microaggressions in the workplace
  • Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
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