Bővebb ismertető
foreword
The materials reproduced in this publication are excerpts from the Junior Achievement Applied Economics textbook and are provided courtesy of Junior Achievement International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Junior Achievement is the world's oldest, largest, and fastest-growing economic education organization.
Founded in 1919, Junior Achievement has provided quality economic programs to more than 20 million young people thanks to the dedication and voluntary support of business and education leaders. The abbreviated material in this publication is intended to acquaint English students to the language of business but does not constitute a full Junior Achievement program. Applied Economics is a full-semester course on the fundamentals of market economics for high school and university students and is accompanied by hands-on entrepreneurship activities; business and management computer simulations, and regular contact with a volunteer business consultant in the classroom as a mentor and role model. As of July 1994, there are Junior Achievement programs in economics available for kindergarten through 12th grade as well as after-school programs in more than 80 countries. For more information about Junior Achievement programs, please contact: Junior Achievement International, 2780 Janitell Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, Tel: (719)540-6300, Fax: (719) 540-6303
Samuel Taylor
Junior Achievement International