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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 Wisconsin
William C. Wood, James Madison University
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(4),2021,7583HowJackieRobinsonandAdamSmithWorkedTogethertoDesegregateMajorLeagueBaseball:AnEducationalNoteMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeM.ScottNiederjohnConcordiaUniversityofWisconsinWilliamC.WoodJamesMadisonUniversity________________________________________________________________________AbstractThiseducationalnoteprovidesanexampleofhowtoteachstudentsabouttheeconomicwayofthinkingwithinvisible-handstories.Bymakinguseofthewell-knownnarrativeofJackieRobinsonbreakingMajorLeagueBaseballscolorbarrier,weencouragestudentstoconsiderhowcapitalismandfreemarketsworkedwithRobinsoninbringingaboutthisoutcome.ThiscurriculumbuildsuponRobinsonscourageousactions,andthenoteillustratestheexceptionallyhighcostsbornebythoseunwillingtoemploythemostproductiveworkers.Teachingsuggestionsarealsoincluded.________________________________________________________________________JELCodes:A21,J78,N32Keywords:economiceducation,teachingeconomics,labordiscrimination,economichistoryI.IntroductionTodaymanyhighschoolstudentsneverencounterthebenefitsoffreemarketsandindividualliberty.Instead,theyarefrequentlyoverwhelmedbyantimarketcurricularmaterialandtextbooksaccompaniedbyteacherswhoarepoorlyinformedoneconomics.Weproposethateconomiceducatorsdevelopteachingapproachestohelppotentiallyresistantstudentsgivefreemarketsanintellectualchance.Wecombinetheeconomicwayofthinkingwithinvisiblehandstoriestoillustratehowtheoperationoflargelyfreemarketspromotespositive,evenifunintended,socialoutcomes.Ourexampleofamotivatinginvisible-handstoryisthedesegregationofMajorLeagueBaseballin1947,manyyearsbeforethe1960scivilrights
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