Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Educator Page)

This lesson ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an economic analysis of the military strength issue, and calculate military wages and non-wage benefits to determine whether the wages paid to soldiers are greater than the minimum wage. Click on the link at the top right of the page to find the student version of the lesson.