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- Title
UNDERGRADUATE ECONOMICS AS PREPARATION FOR CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND IN BUSINESS.
- Authors
Lewis, Ben W.; Christenson, C. L.; Dean, Joel; Gordon, Robert A.; Hayes Jr., Samuel P.; Stead, William H.; Taylor, Amos E.
- Abstract
As for the more traditional courses in economics, there was general agreement on the value of the introductory and conventional "principles of economics," with a strong showing of interest in the national income approach. Also widely supported were courses in money and monetary theory with strong but less universal acceptance of advanced courses in economic analysis. Additional work in economics was recommended, but there was no consensus as to courses, and many expressed themselves that the exact content was less significant than the additional exposure to economic problems and the additional training in economic analysis. Some officials emphasized the value of courses in corporation finance as well as in public finance, taxation and fiscal policy, but very few considered that these or any other particular courses were so essential that they should be regarded as universal requirements for undergraduate training for junior - economists. While the ability to speak and to write clearly is the universal requirement for young apprentices in government assignments, skill in at least the elementary use of statistics seems to be nearly as important.
- Subjects
ECONOMICS; BUSINESS; ECONOMICS education; CIVIL service; UNDERGRADUATE programs; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER education; CORPORATE finance; CURRICULUM
- Publication
American Economic Review, 1950, Vol 40, p125
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article