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Winter 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 4

How Jackie Robinson and Adam Smith Worked Together to Desegregate Major League Baseball: An Educational Note

Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University of Wisconsin

William C. Wood, James Madison University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(4),2021,75–83HowJackieRobinsonandAdamSmithWorkedTogethertoDesegregateMajorLeagueBaseball:AnEducationalNoteMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeM.ScottNiederjohnConcordiaUniversityofWisconsinWilliamC.WoodJamesMadisonUniversity________________________________________________________________________AbstractThiseducationalnoteprovidesanexampleofhowtoteachstudentsabouttheeconomicwayofthinkingwithinvisible-handstories.Bymakinguseofthewell-knownnarrativeofJackieRobinsonbreakingMajorLeagueBaseball’scolorbarrier,weencouragestudentstoconsiderhowcapitalismandfreemarketsworkedwithRobinsoninbringingaboutthisoutcome.ThiscurriculumbuildsuponRobinson’scourageousactions,andthenoteillustratestheexceptionallyhighcostsbornebythoseunwillingtoemploythemostproductiveworkers.Teachingsuggestionsarealsoincluded.________________________________________________________________________JELCodes:A21,J78,N32Keywords:economiceducation,teachingeconomics,labordiscrimination,economichistoryI.IntroductionTodaymanyhighschoolstudentsneverencounterthebenefitsoffreemarketsandindividualliberty.Instead,theyarefrequentlyoverwhelmedbyantimarketcurricularmaterialandtextbooksaccompaniedbyteacherswhoarepoorlyinformedoneconomics.Weproposethateconomiceducatorsdevelopteachingapproachestohelppotentiallyresistantstudentsgivefreemarketsanintellectualchance.Wecombinetheeconomicwayofthinkingwithinvisiblehandstoriestoillustratehowtheoperationoflargelyfreemarketspromotespositive,evenifunintended,socialoutcomes.Ourexampleofamotivatinginvisible-handstoryisthedesegregationofMajorLeagueBaseballin1947,manyyearsbeforethe1960scivilrights

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Title	How Jackie Robinson and Adam Smith Worked Together to Desegregate Major League Baseball: An Educational Note
Authors/Creators:	Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University of Wisconsin William C. Wood, James Madison University
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	4
Pages:	75 - 83
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	economic education, teaching economics, labor discrimination, economic history

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Schug, Mark C.; Niederjohn, M. Scott; Wood, William C. / 2021. "How Jackie Robinson and Adam Smith Worked Together to Desegregate Major League Baseball: An Educational Note." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 36(4): 75-83.