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The United States as a Mixed Economy
Analyze how the U.S. economy combines free market capitalism with government regulation and public goods.
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Foundations of Economics and Economic Systems
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Understand core economic concepts including scarcity, opportunity cost, and efficiency, and compare how different economic systems allocate resources.
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Learning standards covered
SS.HS.3.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze how the scarcity of productive resources (land, labor, capital) forces choices to be made about how individuals, households, businesses, and governments allocate these resources.
SS.HS.3.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate how mixed economic systems, market structures, competition, government policies, and the roles of producers and consumers affect market outcomes.