tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post7811314811707686751..comments2023-10-31T00:46:35.316+13:00Comments on Anti-Dismal: The importance of economics educationPaul Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-29336500403282002772009-12-08T20:09:44.410+13:002009-12-08T20:09:44.410+13:00Thanks for sharing this information and hope to re...Thanks for sharing this information and hope to read more from you.Term Papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-21955380881686008342009-02-28T20:17:00.000+13:002009-02-28T20:17:00.000+13:00Talking of incentives and trade-offs...Educators a...Talking of incentives and trade-offs...<BR/><BR/>Educators are already burdened with huge lists of 'things which should be taught in schools'. They can't do it all effectively, so they focus on their own personal interests and otherwise go through the motions. The result is large numbers of students who don't have the vocabulary to backup the type of thinking required to grasp economic concepts, and/or don't have the reading or basic numeracy skills to enable them to make any sense of those concepts.<BR/><BR/>To make matters worse, public choice theory tells us that 'economic literacy' as taught in our state education system would not be what we might like it to be. <BR/><BR/>Dave ChristianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-79061945220040898292009-02-28T13:40:00.000+13:002009-02-28T13:40:00.000+13:00Matt. In addition to that there is no reason I can...Matt. In addition to that there is no reason I can see for not teaching the importance of incentives and the idea that we face trade-offs between different good objectives.Paul Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-31380743303245954402009-02-27T17:15:00.000+13:002009-02-27T17:15:00.000+13:00Agreed. Basic economic literacy should be taught ...Agreed. Basic economic literacy should be taught in third form. An understanding of scarcity and opportunity cost would clean up a lot of the confusion in society.Matt Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615455113796090765noreply@blogger.com