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Spring 2016

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 31, Number 1

Categories: Spring 2016 | Economic education

A Free Market Odyssey: Classroom Adventures with Jonathan Gullible

Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise31(1),2016,71–77AFreeMarketOdyssey:ClassroomAdventureswithJonathanGullibleKenSchoollandHawaiiPacificUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractInTheAdventuresofJonathanGullible:AFreeMarketOdyssey,aseriesofbriefchaptersformabookoffictionaladventurestoillustrateninetylessonsoffree-marketeconomicstoapopular,internationalaudience.Satirepiquestheinterestofreaderswhilecircumventingcensors.Anexplanationisofferedforpresentingcontroversialtopicsinamannerthatprovokesthoughtfulcontemplationandclassroomdebate.Thestoryhasalsobeenadaptedtotheaterforradioandstage.PerformanceshavebeenconductedinuniversitiesacrossAfrica,inhighschoolsacrossSlovakia,andinelementaryschoolsinKazakhstan.Nowpublishedineightyeditionsinfiftylanguages,thebookintroducesphilosophicalandeconomicmaterialacrossborders.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A20,A21,A22Keywords:economiceducation,freemarkets,youthsatireI.IntroductionThroughouthistoryandaroundtheworld,satirehasbeenaneffectivemeanstocircumventbureaucraticresistancetoideas.Whilegovernmentsfrequentlyopposefreemarketsandutilizegovernmentschoolstoundermineindependentthought,asatiricalapproachhasmadegainsinthemostrigidofcultures.InAmerica,weturntothelikesofTheDailyShowandtherecentlyendedColbertReportfornewsratherthanturningtomainstreambroadcasters.Why?BecausepeopleenjoylaughingashostslikeTrevorNoah,hispredecessorJonStewart,andStephenColbertmockthe“serious”establishment,exposingitsironyandhypocrisy.Intheeconomicsclassroom,mybook,TheAdventuresofJonathanGullible:AFreeMarketOdyssey,offersasimilarappealtothisspiritofrebellion.Inthemannerofatraveler,asinGulliver’sTravelsandTheLittlePrince,theheroofthisstoryfindshimselfstrandedonaremote

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Title	A Free Market Odyssey: Classroom Adventures with Jonathan Gullible
Authors/Creators:	Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University
Year:	2016
Volume:	31
Number:	1
Pages:	71 - 77
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	economic education, free markets, youth satire

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Schoolland, Ken / 2016. "A Free Market Odyssey: Classroom Adventures with Jonathan Gullible." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 31(1): 71-77.