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Peer reviewedPeart, Sandra J.; Levy, David M. – Journal of Economic Education, 2005
There is a difference between the private and social cost of preserving the past. Although it may be privately rational to forget the past, the social cost is significant: We fail to see that classical political economy is analytically egalitarian. The past is a rich source of surprises and debates, and resources on the Web are uniquely suited to…
Descriptors: United States History, Economics Education, Social History, Social Science Research
