By the end of grade twelve, students will:
D.12.1 Explain how decisions about spending and production made
by households, businesses, and governments determine the nation's
levels of income, employment, and prices
D.12.2 Use basic economic concepts (such as supply and demand;
production, distribution, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital;
inflation and deflation; market economy and command economy) to
compare and contrast local, regional, and national economies across
time and at the present time
D.12.3 Analyze and evaluate the role of Wisconsin and the United
States in the world economy
D.12.4 Explain and evaluate the effects of new technology, global
economic interdependence, and competition on the development of
national policies and on the lives of individuals and families
in the United States and the world
D.12.5 Explain how federal budgetary policy and the Federal Reserve
System's monetary policies influence overall levels of employment,
interest rates, production, and prices
D.12.6 Use economic concepts to analyze historical and contemporary
questions about economic development in the United States and
the world
D.12.7 Compare, contrast, and evaluate different types of economies
(traditional, command, market, and mixed) and analyze how they
have been affected in the past by specific social and political
systems and important historical events
D.12.8 Explain the basic characteristics of international trade,
including absolute and comparative advantage, barriers to trade,
exchange rates, and balance of trade
D.12.9 Explain the operations of common financial instruments
(such as stocks and bonds) and financial institutions (such as
credit companies, banks, and insurance companies)
D.12.10 Analyze the ways in which supply and demand, competition,
prices, incentives, and profits influence what is produced and
distributed in a competitive market system
D.12.11 Explain how interest rates are determined by market forces
that influence the amount of borrowing and saving done by investors,
consumers, and government officials
D.12.12 Compare and contrast how values and beliefs, such as economic
freedom, economic efficiency, equity, full employment, price stability,
security, and growth, influence decisions in different economic
systems
D.12.13 Describe and explain global economic interdependence and
competition, using examples to illustrate their influence on national
and international policies
D.12.14 Analyze the economic roles of institutions, such as corporations
and businesses, banks, labor unions, and the Federal Reserve System
Content Standard D
For questions about this information, contact Beverly J. Kniess (608) 266-3706
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