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The Journal of Economic Education Volume 43, 2012 - Issue 3
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CONTENT ARTICLES IN ECONOMICS

What Economics Should We Teach Before College, If Any?

Helen Roberts University of Illinois, Chicago
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Deirdre N. McCloskey University of Illinois, Chicago
Pages 293-299 | Published online: 19 Jul 2012
 
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Abstract

Economics can be taught much earlier than we usually imagine, as a life skill, with direct experience, from kindergarten on. An experiential, early-grades economics of budgets, buying, and giving-up-to-get may be better than the politically inspired insistence that students get an allegedly healthy dose of free-market ideology just before they are old enough to vote.

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