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Banking and Policy Issues Magazine

December 1998

Do We Know Enough About Economics? Comments by Gary Stern, Minneapolis Fed president Why Johnny Can't Choose The Minneapolis Fed offers six key concepts of economic literacy Economic Literacy Survey Results from the Minneapolis Fed's national poll

From Morality to Moscow
Special section includes seven papers from leading authorities on economic literacy

Hope and Danger for Economic Literacy
Todd G. Buchholz

Why it's Important to Understand Economics
William Walstad

Moral Misunderstanding and the Justification of Markets
Paul Heyne

How Economists Can Improve Economic Education
Michael K. Salemi

Who Values Economic Literacy?
Michael Watts

The Challenge of Economic Literacy in Post-Soviet Countries
Patricia K. Elder

The Case for Economics in the Elementary Classroom
Bonnie Meszaros and Mary C. Suiter

Economic Education at the Fed
A brief overview of the Federal Reserve's involvement in economic education efforts

Econ 101
Questions about the teaching of economics in high school and college

Textbooks on the Net
Publishers of economic textbooks look toward the Web

Economists in The Region on their student experiences and the need for economic literacy

Letters to the Editor in response to this issue, The Region, March 1999

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