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The Teaching American History Project: An Assessment Of Student Performance, Lewis Karstensson, James E. Davis
The Teaching American History Project: An Assessment Of Student Performance, Lewis Karstensson, James E. Davis
Economics Faculty Publications
This study examines selected effects of a teaching program in American history on fifth grade students in the Elk Grove (California) Unified School District.
Teaching The Ethical Foundations Of Economics: The Principles Course, Jonathan B. Wight
Teaching The Ethical Foundations Of Economics: The Principles Course, Jonathan B. Wight
Economics Faculty Publications
When we analyze the source of humor, one ingredient is surely incongruity, the juxtaposition of opposites. So when Tom Lehrer, the consummate Harvard mathematician, openly calls for plagiarism, this is funny because it is exactly the opposite of what we expect - it is absurd. And yet, from the viewpoint of modern economics, is plagiarism really so absurd? We teach our students to maximize short-term profits (in a moral vacuum). We drill them that producers minimize private costs of production (without reference to ethical codes of conduct). We expect economic agents to operate with atomistic selfishness, assuring them that this …