• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    9 hours ago

    Thing is, basic economics is a high school subject, except:

    “Sir, when am I going to have to know how tariffs work in the real world?”

      • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 hours ago

        I don’t think mine even had it as an elective. We were too busy spending 2 years of history classes learning how nice the Pilgrims were to the natives. And this was in Massachusetts, which I believe ranks #1 in education in the US.

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          #1 in education.

          And also the only state in the country where every precinct voted for Harris.

          Surely that must be a coincidence, right?

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        tariffs, trade wars, and their effects surely were covered, or at least touched on, in a history class or two.