It’s week 2 and already I know I like my Finance subjects better than my Economics subjects. The key difference is: Context. I have a sneaking suspicion that Economists have made Economics far harder to teach (and understand) than it needs to be. For example ‘Marginal Propensity to x’ where ‘x’ can be ‘consume’ ‘save’ ‘tax’ etc. Surely there is … Read More
Diary of an Economics & Finance Student
A new series on life as an Eco Fin student. Tohm Curtis Week #1 Welcome to the School of Thumbs: From the outset, what strikes me most is the recurring battle between standardisation & scepticism as befits education. Most of education is about standardisation, and the ‘Great Intellectual Fraud’ of the Bell Curve. VCE/HSC/SATs are all about normally distributing a … Read More
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