I would suggest some intuitive economic fallacies. I don't have any off the top of my head, but I watched part of an online lecture by a statistician who said that the only way to get engineers to listen and learn about probability is to show them a bunch of intuitive fallacies. That way you can shake them out of the "I know calculus therefore I know everything" mindset they seem to have. (Her words, not mine.)
Maybe if you can hammer home a few examples of what is obvious is not true will help them internalize the idea that just being alive doesn't mean one understands economics. I bet Landsburg has some good ideas in the "Armchair Economist". I think slate recently published a column by him about how more sex is safer sex. Maybe an intuitive signalling model showing why it is good to give the "incompetent" cushy jobs to get them out of the way of the really skilled. That's the best I can offer. -jsh __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
