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On-Demand Webinar

Summer Institute Day 2 Morning Session: Microeconomics and Cryptocurrencies

Time: 180 mins,
Presenter: Tawni Ferrarini
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Objective

In this webinar teachers will be able to:

  • Illustrate the differences between how markets work with and without limited government.
  • Demonstrate the functioning of markets with sound money versus unsound money as illustrated by the highly volatile cryptocurrency markets.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Demand, Economic Institutions, Government Failure, Incentive, Markets and Prices, Price Ceilings and Floors, Public-Choice Analysis, Supply

Description

Explore how markets function and price signals work in the presence of market and government failure and investigate how individuals and societies are impacted differently in environments with and without sound money. Examples will illustrate the differences between the way consumers, producers, investors, and savers behave in environments supported by sound fiat money and those influenced by highly volatile cryptocurrencies.

This special session will be hosted on Zoom.

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