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David Kamerschen is a professor of Economics at the University of Georgia who has fun teaching economics to new students fresh to the field. Lots of people who teach economics, including yours truly, have used a variation of David's illustration over the years. It never fails to hit the mark -- if not Marx. Econ 101 or its equivalent is usually a required course for most college students, most of whom groan when they are forced to take a class in the "dismal science". That's because they never were exposed to real-world lessons in economics when they were in grade...

Here's a question to ponder: Are we too generous? Let's mull that one today while catching up with Ann Love. Ann is the young woman we have been following for the last few months as she tries to move from welfare to work. Ann is 27 and the mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7. Their father is in prison for murder. Ann has lived in public housing and pretty much depended on government programs since they were born. When we last visited with Ann, she had completed a job-readiness program and had gone to work in a South...