How schools teach about capitalism is changing

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• How high schools are tackling a capitalist education

  by David Brancaccio, Tamar Faggen and Alex Schroeder

  

  A growing number of states require high schools to teach the basics of free-market capitalism in their financial literacy courses. Here’s how teachers and students are tackling the subject.

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• General strikes have a long history in the U.S.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Ever since the Civil War, unions and others have used mass slowdowns and work stoppages to advocate for changing things, especially in times of economic uncertainty.

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