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The level of economic illiteracy in the media these days is just incredible.
by darawk 8y ago
The level of economic illiteracy in the media these days is just incredible.
- sigfubar 8y agoBecause media outlets cater to a fittingly ignorant audience.
- BurningFrog 8y agoOr everywhere. Which brings me to a pet peeve: Why is Economics not taught in regular schools? All sorts of arcane trivia is taught to kids, but how a modern society actually works is never explored.
- darawk 8y agoYa, I think the benefits of encouraging economic literacy would be pretty extreme.
- colejohnson66 8y agoIt is? I took an Econ class in high school in California
- BigJono 8y agoWe didn't have anything of the sort here in Australia. But hey, at least we learnt how to calculate the inverse of a matrix...
- beatgammit 8y agoYeah, economics and finance should definitely be taught. Ideally, statistics would also make the cut. To make room, I'd be okay with history being a bit less comprehensive because people don't remember the specifics anyway. School should focus on concepts, not trivia. However, we're obsessed with test scores, and these tests often largely test trivia.
- yellowapple 8y agoIt was mandatory in high school for me (one semester of Economics/Finance, one semester of Government, both in my senior year). This was in a (somewhat-above-average, admittedly) public high school in California.