I have long thought that freshman congress-critters ought to be required to take a good intro level college econ course. Even one from Fr. Guido Sarducci (In five years all you will remember about college economics is “supply and demand”) would significantly raise the level of understanding.
Two days ago, in a thread “Maureen Dowd: Mincing up Michelle”, I mentioned “Fr. Guido Sarducci” in a humorous context. This is too much of a coincidence to see him mentioned again.
If there were such a requirement the Great Universities would all have "Economic Citizenship" courses that would teach Keynes and command-and-control. Students would learn that economic events can only happen if the properly educated are pushing the buttons and spinning the dials and designing the economy from the political center. And remember, Marx was a noted "economist" who wrote about Capital and its deployment.