Music Connection

Use this song to reinforce the concepts of Choice, Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Trade. Remind students that choices have consequences.

Help Me Decide!
From Lesson 13 - Adventures in Economics
and U.S. History, Volume 1
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

1. I have to make a choice.
   I have to make a choice.
   I weigh my costs and benefits,
   And then I make a choice.
   
   
2. Choices have a cost.
   Choices have a cost.
   With every choice I have to make,
   Something will be lost.
   
   
3. Incentives guide my choice.
   Incentives guide my choice.
   They lead me to more benefits.
   Incentives guide my choice.
   
   
4. Later I will see,
   Later I will see,
   The consequences of my choice.
   Later I will see,
   
   
5. When two people trade
   Voluntarily,
   Both of them will benefit,
   When two people trade.
   
   
6. A market economy,
   A market economy,
   Rewards me for efficiency
   A market economy.
   
   
   

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