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Neglect of Economic Education in Webster's Blue-Backed Speller

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Webster's Blue-Backed Speller apparently had a very significant influence on the intellectual development of schoolchildren in the United States for more than a century. Some of the sentences in it that were construed to teach the meaning of words the children learned to spell were claimed also to teach fundamentals of economics. Examination of these sentences leads one to conclude that the claim was not warranted. In retrospect, the neglect of economic education in the Speller may be viewed as an important factor for a century or more in economic illiteracy of Americans.

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  • C. Louise Nelson, 1995. "Neglect of Economic Education in Webster's Blue-Backed Speller," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 39(1), pages 66-70, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:amerec:v:39:y:1995:i:1:p:66-70
    DOI: 10.1177/056943459503900108
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