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Fall 2006

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 22, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2006

Teaching Economic Principles With Comic Strips

Robert A. Lawson, Southern Methodist University

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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,VolumeXXII,Number1,Fall2006EducationalNotesTeachingEconomicPrinciplesWithComicStripsRobertA.LawsonCapitalUniversityLikemanycollegefacultyIoccasionallytapeafunnycomicstriptomyofficedoorforstudentsandotherpassersbytoread.Sometimesthesecomicsreflectmypartisanpoliticalviews,butoftentheymerelyrepresentsomeelementaryeconomicprinciple.Recently,Ihavebeguntousesomeofthesecomicstripsinclassduringlecturesandasawaytoprovokediscussioninsideandoutsideofclass.Thispapercontainsafewexamplestoillustratehowcomicstripscanbeusedtoteacheconomicprinciples.Eachcomicstripcontainsabriefdiscussionoftheeconomicprincipleinvolvedandaquestionforthoughtand/ordiscussion.Interestedreadersarewelcometocontactmeforadditionalexamples.RobertA.Lawson168

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Title	Teaching Economic Principles With Comic Strips
Authors/Creators:	Robert A. Lawson, Southern Methodist University
Year:	2006
Volume:	22
Number:	1
Pages:	168 - 176
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Economic education, Prices, Marginalism, Efficiency, Externalities, Cost, Incentives

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Lawson, Robert A. / 2006. "Teaching Economic Principles With Comic Strips." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 22(1): 168-176.