I do agree we could do a better job, but it's just not getting easier with the direction politics is moving. A lot of people also work (mentally) very hard to m

I do agree we could do a better job, but it's just not getting easier with the direction politics is moving. A lot of people also work (mentally) very hard to make anything economics related fit their preferred point of view of how the world works, and the more down to earth reality explanations of "how things works" are often too mundane to support a lot of these views. And some things are just complicated and not that easy to understand. I often think that taking macro and/or micro 101 courses without getting to the 201 level does more damage than they're worth in understanding the field. They make people think they can confidently understand more than they should. I hope things can get better in terms of general understanding of economics, otherwise it makes solving problems more difficult long-term.