Spring 2015
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- Personal Financial Education in the Southeast
- Service Learning and Community Outreach in Personal Finance
- Know about Student Loan Debt
- Financing Human Capital
- Financial Literacy Month
- Teaching about Taxes
- Landfill Harmonic
- EconSouth Guided Reading Questions
- Music Meets Econ
- Bringing Economics Center Stage
- The Nashville Music Economy
- Arts and Economics Infographic
- Curriculum Unit: Making Finance Personal
- Lesson: Factors Influencing GDP
- Lesson: CPI and Inflation
- Lesson: Unemployment
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The Broad Strokes of Art's Economic Impact
This Extra Credit infographic 
highlights the vital role the arts play in our economy using key economic concepts like gross domestic product and employment. Incorporating data from a variety of primary sources, this infographic strives to capture the economic relevance of the arts in American society.
The infographic has an accompanying questionnaire that will reinforce the information. You can also request print copies of this infographic using our online order form.
Resources on Other Sites
- Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Guide to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
By Sherilyn Narker, economic and financial education specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
February 4, 2015
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