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Re: Re: WSJ on teaching economics



Absolutely, yes.

>
> At 08:34 PM 10/19/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >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."
>
> isn't he the author of a worthless screed against Marxian economics?
>
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
>
>


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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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