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Spring 2014

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 29, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2014 | Economic Education

Fixing Fallacies

Adam Hoffer, University of Wisconsin La Crosse

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FixingFallaciesTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise29(2),2014,141–147AdamHofferUniversityofWisconsinLaCrosse______________________________________________________AbstractNow,perhapsmorethanever,studentsentereconomicscourseswithaperceivednotionofhowtheeconomyfunctions.Historicbailouts,“TheGreatRecession,”debtceilingdebates,the“fiscalcliff,”andperpetualpoliticalcampaignshaveputeconomicissuesattheforefrontofmediacoverageintheUnitedStates.Often,studentsformulatetheireconomicperceptionsbasedonbiasedpublicopinionsormisleadingstatistics.Economicsprofessors,therefore,havetheaddedtaskofcorrectingfallaciesthatstudentsbringwiththemintotheclassroom.ThispaperpresentsanapproachforfixingmajorfallaciesutilizingThomasSowell’sEconomicFactsandFallacies.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A20,A22,D83Keywords:Fallacies,Facts,Misperceptions,Economiceducation,TeachingI.IntroductionThegreatestenemyofknowledgeisnotignorance;itistheillusionofknowledge.—StephenHawkingDespitethenumerousadvancesandinnovationsinthefieldofeconomicseducation,fewpedagogicalapproacheshavefocusedoncorrectingthemisperceptionsandfallaciesthatstudentspossessuponenteringtheclass.Now,perhapsmorethanever,studentsenterevenaprinciples-levelclasswithaperceivednotionofhowtheeconomyworks.Historicbailouts,“TheGreatRecession,”debtceilingdebates,budgetbattles,theEuropeandebtcrisis,the“fiscal141

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Title	Fixing Fallacies
Authors/Creators:	Adam Hoffer, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Year:	2014
Volume:	29
Number:	2
Pages:	141 - 147
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education

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Hoffer, Adam / 2014. "Fixing Fallacies." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 29(2): 141-147.