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Adam Smith in the School Classroom |
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| Authors: | Simon Harding |
| Institution: | Simon Harding iS Head of the Department of Economics at Westminster School He is currently engaged in the development of a macro-economic forecasting model of the UK economy for use in schools and higher education He is author of a recent article in Economics and is working on an economic textbook for Hodder and Stoughton |
| Abstract: | 'Schools and the Economy' usually examines the role of teaching economics in schools to stimulate economic awareness in pupils, Simon Harding, Head of Economics at Westminster School, turns the argument around, to reveal how markets operating inside schools would improve efficiency, increase consumer choice, weed out incompetence, and. encourage diversity. |
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