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11-13-2005, 07:49 PM
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Required economics classes?
Premise: For an economy to be sound, it is useful for its citizens to have a useful understanding of economic principles, so they can make good decisions.
Therefore, it would be advantageous to require a basic economics course as part of the American high school curriculum. Agree or disagree? 
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#2
11-13-2005, 07:51 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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Therefore, it would be advantageous to require a basic economics course as part of the American public high school curriculum. [/ QUOTE ] FYP [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-13-2005, 07:52 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. I think only a small portion of those who have had economics classes understand how to implement it, since the vocabulary used makes it look so abstract.
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11-13-2005, 07:53 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. [/ QUOTE ] It would (hopefully) reduce the number of people who vote for those who want to raise the minimum wage.
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#5
11-13-2005, 07:57 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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[ QUOTE ] It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. [/ QUOTE ] It would (hopefully) reduce the number of people who vote for those who want to raise the minimum wage. [/ QUOTE ] Not a chance. The leftist economics indoctrination classes will flood us with morans who misunderstand economics but think they know what they are talking about. A Disaster!
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#6
11-13-2005, 08:08 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. [/ QUOTE ] It would (hopefully) reduce the number of people who vote for those who want to raise the minimum wage. [/ QUOTE ] Not a chance. The leftist economics indoctrination classes will flood us with morans who misunderstand economics but think they know what they are talking about. A Disaster! [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps, but don't be so sure. 7 out of 10 economists think raising the minimum wage is bad thing. It'd be kinda hard to ignore. Arfinn: I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you deserve a refund? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I'll concede the point that there may be times when raising it may be good, but in general I think it's bad.
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#7
11-13-2005, 08:13 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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Arfinn: I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you deserve a refund? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I'll concede the point that there may be times when raising it may be good, but in general I think it's bad. [/ QUOTE ] When unemployment is low and the economical prospect is hot or showing a possible overheating, I think it is good to do it since you push the least competitive firms out of business and make businesses in general more efficient with labor usage.
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#8
11-13-2005, 08:14 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. [/ QUOTE ] It would (hopefully) reduce the number of people who vote for those who want to raise the minimum wage. [/ QUOTE ] Not a chance. The leftist economics indoctrination classes will flood us with morans who misunderstand economics but think they know what they are talking about. A Disaster! [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps, but don't be so sure. 7 out of 10 economists think raising the minimum wage is bad thing. It'd be kinda hard to ignore. [/ QUOTE ] If you teach everybody, you need tons of teachers, and you have to dip into the general pool of liberal economically uninformed teachers who don't know anything about economics but will teach it anyway, and will teach it wrong. The current pool of economics teachers is already contaminated by too many uninformed liberal activists.
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#9
11-13-2005, 08:02 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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[ QUOTE ] It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. [/ QUOTE ] It would (hopefully) reduce the number of people who vote for those who want to raise the minimum wage. [/ QUOTE ] Haha, it was my major and I believe raising the minimum wage is sound for the economy [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. However, at the right time and in the right steps.
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#10
11-13-2005, 08:12 PM
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Re: Required economics classes?
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It would be advantegous, but I don't know if it would really have any big impact. I think only a small portion of those who have had economics classes understand how to implement it, since the vocabulary used makes it look so abstract. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's probably true. I should have mentioned that this economics class would focus on applied principles, in addition to theory. And that it would not laiden with leftist egalitarian propaganda. And that the teachers teaching it aren't dumb as [censored]. And the same for the students. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Well, while we're in fantasy land, here, have a pony.
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