Steven M. Reff
Economics Lecturer
University of Arizona
(2007 - 2016)
The 2015 University of Arizona
Five-Star Faculty Award
2021 - 2022 Current Events
Unit 2:  Supply and Demand
Unit 1:  Basic Economic Concepts
Price Floor (Minimum Wage 2021):  
https://reffonomics.com/CE3zRAeconomics2021.html
Price Ceiling and Price Floor Articles
Scarcity Current Event 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022Unit1Scarcity.html
Marginal Analysis 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022Unit1MarginalAnalysis.html
Price Ceiling (Rent Control) Current Events 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022Unit2RentControl.html
Supply and Demand Article (February 2021):  
https://reffonomics.com/CE2z2021RAeconomics2021.html
Supply and Demand Article (February 2021):  
https://reffonomics.com/CE1zRAeconomics2021.html
PPC Current Event 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022unit1PPF.html
Shortages
Teacher Shortage Current Events 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022Unit2Shortage2.html
Supply and Demand (Simultaneous) Current Events 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022supplydemand4.html
Supply and Demand (Simultaneous) Current Events 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022Unit2supplydemand4.html
Unit 3:  Production, Costs, and the Perfect Competition Model
Cost of Production Article:  
https://reffonomics.com/CE8zRAeconomics2021.html
Costs and Profit Maximization Article:  
https://reffonomics.com/CE7zRAeconomics2021.html
Cost of Production
Farming Article:  
https://reffonomics.com/CE12zRAeconomics2021.html
Perfect Competition (the Farming Industry)
Suggestion:  Have your students read this article
AFTER you have taught perfect competition.
Added Costs to Consumers by Price Searchers:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022PriceSearcher.html
Revenue, Costs, and Profit of TikTok (September 2022):
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022microUnit3TikTok.html
Unit 4:  Imperfect Competition
Goodyear and Cooper Tire Article:  
https://reffonomics.com/CE14zzRAeconomics2021.html
Cosco, Kroger & Target Articles:  
https://reffonomics.com/CE17BzRAeconomics2021.html
Unit 6:   Market Failure and the Role of Government
Unit 5:  Factors Market
World Trade + Tariff Graph 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE22WorldTradeTariff2021.html
Monopsony Labor Market 2022:
https://reffonomics.com/CE2022unit5microMonopsony.html