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Economics for Life @economicsforlife.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

If a student takes just one econ course, what should we teach? Avi Cohen says: focus on core concepts they’ll remember and use. he explains the literacy-targeted approach and why it helps all students, even future econ majors. @econuoft.bsky.social 🎧 Listen now: www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...

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Teach Economics: If Students Only Take One Econ Course, What Should They Learn?

Avi Cohen, a professor at York University in Toronto, Canada, discusses the value of the literacy-targeted approach to economics instruction.

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Economics for Life @economicsforlife.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The Literacy-Targeted approach emphasizes mastering core economic concepts rather than exposing students to a wide range of theories and techniques they are unlikely to use. As such, LT instruction ensures that students can apply economic reasoning in real-world contexts. economicsforlife.ca

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Economics for Life – Educating economically literate citizens

Flexibility for Instructors Economics for Life covers all the of content of a traditional principles course, but with options others texts do not have. Economics for Life use a literacy-targeted (L...

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Economics for Life @economicsforlife.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Most students take just one econ course. A Literacy-Targeted approach meets their needs—focusing on fewer concepts they can actually use. The best part? It doesn’t hurt econ majors. That makes it Pareto improving: better for most, worse for none. Learn more: economicsforlife.ca/pareto-impro...

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Pareto-Improving Outcomes

Pareto-Improving the Principles Course Both Micro/Macro Economics for Life use a literacy-targeted (LT) approach to teaching principles, which traces back to Nobel Prize winner George Stigler. ...

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