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Children’s Literature as Economics 101

Posted on Jul 02, 2009 under Main Content | No Comment Adam Smith should have published his magnum opus as a children's book. Or, more realistically, all macroeconomic and microeconomic professors, in a crisis-precipitated moment of soul-searching, should include some children's literature on their syllabi. Two of the most venerable names in children's book publishing are Little Golden Books and Richard Scarry. It recently occurred to me in the course of bedtime reading with our boys that two titles in particular do a remarkable job of explaining ho