Why All the Graphs in Economics?
Economics can be a complicated subject. You have to know about money and time and business and supply and demand and wants and needs and all kinds of other stuff. You have to be able to read charts and graphs and tables and ... wait a minute. Why all the charts and graphs? Why does Economics get to have all those tables and graphs and charts? Why doesn't History or Civics or Geography get to have all that fun, too? Well, that's a good question. You could probably ask a dozen different economists and social studies teachers, and you'd get a bunch of different answers.
Civics might have tables and charts showing breakdowns of different types of governments or who serves in what part of a government.
And the things economists study (like money, goods and services, supply and demand, interdependence, scarcity and choices, the stock market, and other business-related items) naturally lend themselves to graphic display. |
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