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	The Mint - Provides basic information about starting a business, earning money, spending it wisely, and saving and investing. Includes quizzes, games, glossary of financial terms, and a look at how consumer habits influence the economy. Rate this
	Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history. Rate this
	Peanuts and Crackerjacks - Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide. Rate this
	Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary - Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms. Rate this
	FleetKids - Fleet Financial Group presents games that teach children how to run a business, manage money, set financial goals, and budget. Registration is required, but free. Rate this
	In the Mix - Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls. Rate this
	Taking the Pulse of the Economy - Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost. Rate this
	AP Macroeconomics Review - Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format. Rate this
	TeachingKidsBusiness.com - Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a "product," advertise and market it. Rate this
	FedVille - Online game complete with a local bank that encourages kids to save, a neighborhood cinema that shows movies about money, and a local deli and store where kids can spend their earnings. Rate this
	Moneyopolis - Game challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money. Players are given "seed money" and then visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking, shopping, education, community centers and city hall. Includes teacher's guide. Rate this
	IRS Tax Interactive - Educates teenagers about the U.S. tax system, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns. Rate this
	The Tax Museum - An interactive overview of the history of American revenue policy and politics, with narrative text and multimedia material. Rate this
	Tax History Project - Provides scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research. Rate this

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• The Economics of Spam - Tennessee resident K. C. "Khan" Smith owes the internet service provider EarthLink $24 million. According to the CNN, last August he was slapped with a lawsuit accusing him of violating federal and state Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...
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• Behavioral Economics? What's That? - A new science sheds light on some of our most important
  decisions.
  
  Behavioral economics is the study of how and why people make
  money-related decisions. As a science it is relatively new,
  although some of its findings have been ...
• The Economics of True Love - In the real world, can there be romance without finance? A common saying: No romance, without finance. But what does it mean really? After a little thought about it and a hard look at the big picture...
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• The Economics of Real Deals - The Economics of Real Deals vs Selling Smoke & Mirrors
  By William Cate
  Published September 1999
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• True Cost Economics - ...
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