RULES OF THUMB FOR UP-AND-DOWN ECONOMICS

Authors
KENNEDY P
Citation
P. Kennedy, RULES OF THUMB FOR UP-AND-DOWN ECONOMICS, The Journal of economic education, 25(4), 1994, pp. 325-334
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research",Economics
Journal title
The Journal of economic education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220485
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
325 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0485(1994)25:4<325:ROTFUE>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Up-and-down economics refers to economics found on the nightly news or the business pages of newspapers, preoccupied with what latest econom ic numbers are up or down. Understanding the rationale used by journal ists should help students learn important macroeconomic principles and develop an ability to apply them to real-world events.