Evaporative Economics: A Truth-Telling Metaphor to Displace the Trickle-Down Lie that Just Won’t Die
Trickle down economics is a fallacious metaphor that hurts working people and the civic commons. In this paper, we discuss the role and impact metaphors have in economics education. We explore the stickiness of “truthy”, but ultimately false, metaphors and offer to economics educators alternative me...
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| Language: | English |
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Journal of Social Studies Education Research
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Social Studies Education Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jsser.org/index.php/jsser/article/view/4788 |