Economics Education: Can Liberal Arts make Economics more Appealing?

Serdar Ongan
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Serdar Ongan: Instanbul University, Turkey

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2010, vol. 8, issue 1, 73-86

Abstract: Far better and more efficient teaching and understanding of economics, which predominantly encompasses human behaviors, is of the utmost importance. Both the correctness of personal financial decisions that individuals will make and the success of economic policies implemented and to be implemented at the macro level, require a through knowledge of economics and its fundamental rules. This study is an attempt to attract attention to the importance of utilizing literature, theatre, cinema, and humor, which are matters as everyday as economics, rather than employing classical presentation methods in economics education, in order to render economics more enjoyable, understandable, and appealing to college students.

Keywords: Economics; Education; Literature-Theater; Cinema; Humor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 A22 A23 A29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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