Re: WSJ on teaching economics

["Justin Schwartz" <jkschw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wolfson is the author of a pretty good book on Marxisn economics, btw. So
one wonders what he is teaching them, and what they are not believing. --jks


> From: Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Pen-L Pen-l <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PEN-L:3288] WSJ on teaching economics
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:34:01 -0700
>
> 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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