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Economics Education: Can Liberal Arts make Economics more Appealing?

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  • Serdar Ongan

    (Instanbul University, Turkey)

Abstract

Far better and more efficient teaching and understanding of economics, which predominantly encompasses human behaviors, is of the utmost importance. Both the correctness of personal financial decisions that individuals will make and the success of economic policies implemented and to be implemented at the macro level, require a through knowledge of economics and its fundamental rules. This study is an attempt to attract attention to the importance of utilizing literature, theatre, cinema, and humor, which are matters as everyday as economics, rather than employing classical presentation methods in economics education, in order to render economics more enjoyable, understandable, and appealing to college students.

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  • Serdar Ongan, 2010. "Economics Education: Can Liberal Arts make Economics more Appealing?," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 8(1), pages 73-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:8:y:2010:i:1:p:73-86
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    Keywords

    Economics; Education; Literature-Theater; Cinema; Humor;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • A29 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Other

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