New Reading Resource: An Economic Guide To Giving the Perfect Gift

'Tis the season for gift giving and this reading assignment analyzes the holiday tradition through an economic lens.

Using easily relatable examples of being disappointed when receiving a holiday gift and connecting them to basic terms like consumer surplus and deadweight loss, students can learn how economists describe maximizing the benefit for both the gift giver and receiver.  

The reading concludes with a new take on the age-old debate of giving cold hard cash as the best gift possible.

This holiday season give your students the gift of economic insight with this 30-minute reading assignment.

By creating a free account on fre.org, this article can be easily assigned to your students using Canvas, Google Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace.  The assignment contains a self-grading, multiple-choice assessment for the convenience of both teachers and students. This tutorial will help you get started. 

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