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Moral Hazard

    

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For Educators
To help teachers use financial news in their classes, NewsHour Extra has created resources for both the highschool and college levels.

High School Shorts -
(4 minute versions of the Moral Hazard Report)

What is Moral Hazard?
Moral Hazard and Housing
The Federal Reserve

Do you teach economics? Our goal is to highlight the best resources, so contribute your comments and lesson plans!


Featured High School Lesson Plan
Moral Hazard: How Risky Investments Created the Housing Crisis

College
A three-part lesson plan for Macro or Micro economics or Intro to Business
1. Was a Crash Inevitable?
2. Subprime Disaster Basics
3. Domino Effect
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Frontline: The Crash - Two excerpts from 1998, the first involving Moral Hazard.

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Feed the Pig - Financial literacy can be fun!
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