Ray Dalio - How the Economic Machine Works Guide (Interest Rates/Debt Cycle/etc)

Ray Dalio - How the Economic Machine Works Guide challenges students to digest the tsunami of economic education condensed into this short 30 minute animated video.

This worksheet asks students to dig deep and cement their understanding of topics such as credit/money, assets/liability, interest rates, debt cycles, productivity growth, the debt burden, deleveraging, austerity, debt restructuring, redistribution of wealth, money printing and the role of the central bank & central government in the economy.

Whether you teach an economics course or not, if you can find time to schedule in this stand alone lesson your students will benefit tremendously by understanding how the economic machine works. Although it would be helpful for students to have some background knowledge, it is not necessary, as Ray Dalio breaks down the way the entire economy works brilliantly.

Teacher’s Notes:

This 30 minute video is so dense that students may need to watch the scenes that correspond to each question on the guide multiple times before being able to answer each question sufficiently
This video can currently be found on youtube on Ray Dalio’s Principles by Ray Dalio channel.

This resource consists of 13 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF print version (5 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (5 pages)
  *An answer key is included with this movie guide, however many answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning from the characters’ dialogue and behavior. See the preview for samples.

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