The demographics of the school economics classroom have changed significantly.
"It's now about 65 per cent boys and 35 per cent girls [enrolled in economics at high school] and [it's] getting even more unequal," says Gigi Foster, professor at the School of Economics at the University of NSW and host ofUp until the early 90s, economics was a popular high school subject with both boys and girls.
In other words, students are far more likely to study economics if they are male and attend school in a wealthy suburb. That, says Professor Foster, has resulted in a "massive decline" in economic enrolments and economic literacy.
. 'The report also recorded a 78 per cent decline in girls enrolling in economics since 1992. It's now about 65 per cent boys and 35 per cent girls.' So... That means in 1992 it was 71% female and 29% male? A worse gender gap than now? Hmmm...
. So boardrooms with over 35% females are over-represented. White collar management positions, if fair to both sexes, would be two-thirds male and one-third female. .
interesting but...
HSCeconomics You're a super ⭐️!
Really, I read the headline and say nup don't need to read the article, just projecting stereotypes that are no longer in my view
As a teacher of STEM subjects as well as Economics & Finance I found this contribution from the ABC missing the mark by a long way...
Of course this article only hints at the truth, that mainstream economics is tainted right wing ideology. But nevertheless sometimes it is useful to keep your enemy and “his” ideas close