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At least that*s what the Standard Deviants, a group
of twentysomething comedians/teachers from the Cerebellum
Corporation make it sound like when they warn
you at the beginning of "The Dlustrious Yet Elusive
World of Microeconomics" that the videotape is only a
supplement to a regular micro class.
Unfortunately, the tape comes across as more elusive
than illustrious.
The Deviants' purpose is to provide a primer or
companion to a regular economics class, so one would
expect supplemental explanations, constructive help
in understanding economics or a lighter approach to
a topic that, at times, can be very heavy.
Instead of being a tool to help ease economics along,
however, The Illustrious World" is a dumbing-down
of an economic class, a kind of Sesame Street for colHeeee
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