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If a student takes just one econ course, what should we teach?
Avi Cohen says: focus on core concepts they’ll remember and use. he explains the literacy-targeted approach and why it helps all students, even future econ majors. @econuoft.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...
Avi Cohen says: focus on core concepts they’ll remember and use. he explains the literacy-targeted approach and why it helps all students, even future econ majors. @econuoft.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...
Teach Economics: If Students Only Take One Econ Course, What Should They Learn?
Avi Cohen, a professor at York University in Toronto, Canada, discusses the value of the literacy-targeted approach to economics instruction.
www.stlouisfed.org
May 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If a student takes just one econ course, what should we teach?
Avi Cohen says: focus on core concepts they’ll remember and use. he explains the literacy-targeted approach and why it helps all students, even future econ majors. @econuoft.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...
Avi Cohen says: focus on core concepts they’ll remember and use. he explains the literacy-targeted approach and why it helps all students, even future econ majors. @econuoft.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...
The Literacy-Targeted approach emphasizes mastering core economic concepts rather than exposing students to a wide range of theories and techniques they are unlikely to use. As such, LT instruction ensures that students can apply economic reasoning in real-world contexts.
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Economics for Life – Educating economically literate citizens
Flexibility for Instructors
Economics for Life covers all the of content of a traditional principles course, but with options others texts do not have.
Economics for Life use a literacy-targeted (L...
economicsforlife.ca
May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Literacy-Targeted approach emphasizes mastering core economic concepts rather than exposing students to a wide range of theories and techniques they are unlikely to use. As such, LT instruction ensures that students can apply economic reasoning in real-world contexts.
economicsforlife.ca
economicsforlife.ca
Most students take just one econ course. A Literacy-Targeted approach meets their needs—focusing on fewer concepts they can actually use.
The best part? It doesn’t hurt econ majors.
That makes it Pareto improving: better for most, worse for none.
Learn more: economicsforlife.ca/pareto-impro...
The best part? It doesn’t hurt econ majors.
That makes it Pareto improving: better for most, worse for none.
Learn more: economicsforlife.ca/pareto-impro...
Pareto-Improving Outcomes
Pareto-Improving the Principles Course
Both Micro/Macro Economics for Life use a literacy-targeted (LT) approach to teaching principles, which traces back to Nobel Prize winner George Stigler. ...
economicsforlife.ca
May 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Most students take just one econ course. A Literacy-Targeted approach meets their needs—focusing on fewer concepts they can actually use.
The best part? It doesn’t hurt econ majors.
That makes it Pareto improving: better for most, worse for none.
Learn more: economicsforlife.ca/pareto-impro...
The best part? It doesn’t hurt econ majors.
That makes it Pareto improving: better for most, worse for none.
Learn more: economicsforlife.ca/pareto-impro...
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As talk turns to tariffs, a great, clarifying piece from Dani Rodrik www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.
www.project-syndicate.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
As talk turns to tariffs, a great, clarifying piece from Dani Rodrik www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...