Economics education in school

Well - it was just a thought!

Economics is far more complicated than 2 camps.

The basics would have been no help to the decision in my opinion. You have said yourself, that even your degree part wasn't enough.

It does not need to be two camps - what it needs is for children to learn the basics - terminology etc. Which "camp" they then choose would at least make sense to them.

But the same thing still applies. 2 camps of opposing economic theory and ideas and ideals. It is even worse now, isn't it.

That was 35 years ago obieone! Modern teaching has moved on -obviously not far enough for some. Critical thinking is also vital to teach so that people,even the thick, can discern the crap from the actual facts.

I was about to start a thread about people calling Brexiters thick.

You have rather illustrated my point, that even learning economics at degree level, is too little for people to understand the EU situation.

I did economics at A Level 35 years ago.

Even then, it was split into 2 camps. Cant remember thenames of the 2 economists who were at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Economics has somewhat got swallowed up by politics.

We can be as litereate with it as we like, but as you say, it wouldnt really help, if even at degree level, it is all too complicated.

I agree Luckygirl and I also think critical thinking should be taught.

Perhaps we could have a citizenship as a proper full-blown subject encompassing these things.

Yup. This should surely be taught and not as some sort of peripheral subject but essential to the curriculum.

Tories were always suspicious of that and I think it was Thatcher who stopped it in schools