McCloskey’s essay, “Why Economics Should Not Be Taught in High School” sparks a conversation
January 5th, 2012An excerpt from “Teaching humans to be economists” (Diane Coyle in The Enlightened Economist, January 4, 2012): I’m winding down after a day’s lecture preparation by dipping into Deirdre McCloskey’s How to Be Human (Though an Economist), always enjoyable. The book fell open at her essay “Why Economics Should Not Be Taught In High School.” (more…)
