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The Treatment of Economic Issues in High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History and World History Texts
Journal of Economic Education
  • Robert S. Main, Butler University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1978
Disciplines
Additional Publication URL
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1182102
Abstract

It is often argued that the declining support of free institutions which we have observed in our recent history is, in part, a result of economic illiteracy. That is, ignorance and misinformation about the workings of a voluntary exchange system and about the deleterious effects of governmental interference in that system lead to support of increased government intervention in the economy...

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This is a version of an article published by Taylor & Francis in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION, spring 1978 available online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1182102."

Citation Information
Robert S. Main. "The Treatment of Economic Issues in High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History and World History Texts" Journal of Economic Education Vol. 9 Iss. 2 (1978) p. 115 - 118
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_main/9/