Economic and financial literacy is a fundamental life skill for finding one's way in today's complex world. Iconomix makes a valuable contribution to this by providing mostly experience-oriented teaching and learning materials. The following provides answers to two pertinent questions: Why and how?
Iconomix is now cooperating with MobLab, an educational platform with games and experiments for teaching economic concepts. Teachers who are registered with Iconomix can use 17 games and experiments for free.
The latest edition of the forecast of economic trends, based on the ‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’ publication, is available.
The debate about whether robots will one day replace human workers has become even more intense since the launch of new AI software such as ChatGPT. But how has digitization actually affected the labor market so far? Where have jobs disappeared and where have new ones been created?
A new study provides answers.
To the storyIn order to provide evidence of quality and to improve its educational offer over time, Iconomix uses formative evaluation. This evaluation method is derived from its mission, purpose and target group.
To the storyAlan S. Blinder is one of the most influential economists of today. His research focuses mainly on monetary policy and central banking.
In an IMF podcast, Blinder gives a fascinating overview of the conflicts and collaborations of US fiscal and monetary policy and how they shaped the US economy since the 1960s.
How do you convey content that is difficult to grasp? The unit on demographic change shows a way of addressing this important but abstract topic in the classroom.
To the storyDeglobalisation is the process of reducing global economic integration. Recently, events such as the Covid-19 pandemic or the Ukraine war have accelerated this trend. A video by KOF ETH asks: Is globalisation at its end?
To the videoIconomix is now cooperating with MobLab, an educational platform with games and experiments for teaching economic concepts. Teachers who are registered with Iconomix can use 17 games and experiments for free.
To the storyThe latest edition of the forecast of economic trends, based on the ‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’ publication, is available.
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What are the main causes for the current high inflation? And how long will it remain so high? An article in the IMF-magazine Finance & Developement sums up the current situation and looks ahead.
To the articleEconomic and financial literacy is a fundamental life skill for finding one's way in today's complex world. Iconomix makes a valuable contribution to this by providing mostly experience-oriented teaching and learning materials. The following provides answers to two pertinent questions: Why and how?
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