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WSJ on teaching economics

Today's Wall St. Journal has a front page feature on teaching economic
with romance and mystery books.  I found the following paragraph
interesting.  "The kids" are discerning.

Gene Coyle


Each year, about 1.4 million U.S. college students enroll in an
introductory

economics course. It's "easily one of the most difficult subjects to
teach. It's advanced

calculus in disguise," says Murray Wolfson of California State
University, Fullerton.

"The kids just don't believe a word of what I'm teaching. The relevance
isn't obvious

to them."
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