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Summer 2024

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 39, Number 2

Teaching Economic Freedom with the Mystery Nations Lesson

M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University Wisconsin

Robert Lawson, Southern Methodist University

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Niederjohn,M.Scott,andRobertLawson.2024.“TeachingEconomicFreedomwiththeMysteryNationsLesson.”JournalofPrivateEnterprise,39(2):71–79.ANEDUCATIONALNOTETeachingEconomicFreedomwiththeMysteryNationsLessonM.ScottNiederjohn*ConcordiaUniversityWisconsinUnitedStatesofAmericaRobertLawsonSouthernMethodistUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaAbstractEconomicfreedomisoftenoverlookedinhighschoolandcollegecurriculaandtextbooks,despiteitssignificantimpactonpercapitaGDPandavarietyofothersocialindicators.AfterintroducingtheEconomicFreedomoftheWorldindex,thisnoteoutlinesaninnovativeteachinglesson.Byengagingstudentsinaguessinggameabouttheidentityofdifferentcountrieswithknowneconomiccharacteristics,thelessonhighlightsthecriticalroleofeconomicfreedominnationalprosperity.Theresultcanbeadeeperunderstandingofthisvitaleconomicconcept.JELCodes:A00,A21,A22,P10,P51Keywords:economiceducation,economicfreedom,propertyrights,ruleoflawI.IntroductionandBackgroundEconomicfreedomisacriticalconceptforstudentsofeconomicstounderstand.Givenitsstrongconnectionswithlivingstandardsandhumanrights,onemightexpectthisconcepttobewidelycoveredinhighschoolandcollegeeconomicscourses.However,economicfreedomisrarelyemphasizedintextbooks,curricularmaterials,orstate-leveleconomicsstandards.*WeacknowledgetheableresearchassistanceofConcordiaUniversityWisconsinstudentAnnaYoung.APDFversionofthePowerPointpresentationdiscussedinthisnotemaybeobtainedbyemailingNiederjohnatscott.niederjohn@cuw.edu.

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Title	Teaching Economic Freedom with the Mystery Nations Lesson
Authors/Creators:	M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University Wisconsin Robert Lawson, Southern Methodist University
Year:	2024
Volume:	39
Number:	2
Pages:	71 - 79
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	economic education, economic freedom, property rights, rule of law

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Niederjohn, M. Scott; Lawson, Robert / 2024. "Teaching Economic Freedom with the Mystery Nations Lesson." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 39(2): 71-79.