To start, I didn’t know much about economics to begin with.
This comic book was a great way for me to be interested in learning more about
economics. The comic format of the book made it easy for me to get through the
reading. Economix taught me about the
history of economics (this is considered new to me because I have a difficult
time retaining information on anything related to history, especially when it
comes to politics and economy.) My mom gave me a short lecture the other day
about how I should consider learning more about insurance and mortgage and that
learning about finances is important for life. It is obvious that I need to
know this stuff when I’m on my own because my parents have been cool enough to
let me mooch on all of their stuff still (my deadline is age 25… So I must
learn NOW). Although I haven’t read the whole book, I doubt that it teaches me
about finances. However, I think understanding how the economy works is a good
start to learning about my own financial needs after learning about how the government
is screwing me over.
I totally agree with you on the fact that I did not know much about economics and the books helped sparked that interest to learn more. I am in a similar situation as you where my parents basically help me with finances or they do it for me. Having the skills to do finances and so forth are so important in order to survive in this economy and having knowledge regarding how the government is screwing us over kinda helps us prepare for the worst and start thinking about a back up plan.
ReplyDeleteI remember taking an economics class in high school and retaining exactly 0 information. Like you, I didn't really understand econ and how it affected my life. I enjoyed reading this book to better understand economics for once and see how it plays out into my everyday life. I'm also still dependent on my parents and I need to take more initiative in figuring out how to be financially independent soon.
ReplyDeleteI'd go back before mom, to anchor it in Goodwin: before we can smartly manage stuff like credit, we really need to know how the system is working--so it won't work against us.
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