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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

Making Economics a Transformative Experience

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,57-65MakingEconomicsaTransformativeExperienceChristopherJ.CoyneGeorgeMasonUniversityAbstractThisessayfocusesonPeterBoettkeasanundergraduateteacherofeconomics.Hutt(1936),Buchanan(1996),andKlein(1999,2001)arguethateconomistsplayanimportantroleineducatingcitizensbyinstillinganunderstandingofthecoreprinciplesofeconomics.Idiscussthecharacteristicsofaneffectiveteacherinthisregard.PeterBoettkeembodiesallofthesecharacteristicsandservesasanexampletothosewhostrivetobeeffectiveteachersofeconomicconceptsandideas.JELCodes:A22,B31Keywords:Economiceducation;EconomiccommunicationI.IntroductionIfirstmetPeteBoettkeinthefallof1997,whileIwasajunioratManhattanCollegeinNewYorkCity.Atthetime,Iwasmajoringinfinancewithaminorineconomics.Thatfall,IenrolledinPete’sPublicFinancecourse,whichfulfilledanelectiverequirementformyminor.PriortotakingPete’sclass,Ihadneverconsidereddedicatingmycareertostudying,researching,andteachingeconomics.ThatchangedafterhavingPeteasateacher.Ialwayslikedeconomics,butmuchofwhatIhadlearnedduringmyfirsttwoyearsasanundergraduateseemeddryandirrelevanttotheactualworld.Pete’sclasschangedallthis.WithPeteasateacher,economicscametolife.Forthefirsttime,economicsmadesensetome,andIcouldseehowitappliedtocurrenteventsandeverydaylife.Asanyonewhohasheardhimlectureknows,Petehasauniquetalentforeffectivelycommunicatingeconomicsthroughstorytellingandtheuseofexamplesthatresonatewithstudents.OneofthereadingsPeteassignedwasF.A.Hayek’s“TheUseofKnowledgeinSociety.”AfterreadingHayek’sargumentaboutdispersedknowledgeandlisteningtoPete’srelatedlectureoncoordination,IfeltthatIfinallyhadagrasponwhateconomicswasallabout.57

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Title	Making Economics a Transformative Experience
Authors/Creators:	Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	57 - 65
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic education, Economic communication, Boettke, Economic theory, Teaching, Economic coordination, Rhetoric

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Coyne, Christopher J. / 2010. "Making Economics a Transformative Experience." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 57-65.