Do you have what it takes to study economics?

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Sharkie May 2018 5:24pm, 4 May 2018 13,273 posts	0 Sharkie Raffo was impressed (I told him it was easy though) but he countered by telling me he got 10/10 in a quiz about The Young Ones.
Fitz May 2018 5:32pm, 4 May 2018 1,851 posts	0 Fitz The one about the car, GlennR?
Fitz May 2018 5:34pm, 4 May 2018 1,852 posts	0 Fitz [there's a few about cars; I meant the one about borrowing to buy a car]
Velociraptor May 2018 5:39pm, 4 May 2018 38,208 posts	0 Velociraptor I also thought there was one to which the answer was, "It depends."
Dvorak May 2018 5:57pm, 4 May 2018 16,001 posts	0 Dvorak It does make an assumption that all pensioners are sitting on investment pots, rather than some of them having to borrow to finance purchases. I scored 8/8. I studied (in the loose sense) economics for a year at college. As I had nothing to show for that, a few years later I entered the Higher Economics exam, read through my old textbooks, and was awarded my only Higher 'A'. I remember going up the town to the Pizzaland buffet for lunch between papers :-). (In the "The Young Ones" quiz: 9/10.)
Wriggling Snake May 2018 6:17pm, 4 May 2018 18,481 posts	0 Wriggling Snake A quiz about The Youngs Ones you say, that is a degree worth doing, and probably exists at something like Thames Valley, or Salford, or East Anglia, he says trying not to be geographist.
.B. May 2018 6:32pm, 4 May 2018 36,915 posts	0 .B. I got 8/8 but would hate to study economics.
jb62 May 2018 6:35pm, 4 May 2018 7 posts	0 jb62 in my experience the answer is 'yes' if you have a high tolerance for tedium!
Dvorak May 2018 6:35pm, 4 May 2018 16,003 posts	0 Dvorak How much do you really know about The Young Ones? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fTMZznJZCW4Qqg5VcCrhFQ/how-much-do-you-really-know-about-the-young-ones?
Cyclops May 2018 7:06pm, 4 May 2018 3,456 posts	0 Cyclops 8/8. Us infant teachers know how the world works. I would hate to study economics although I did explain tax and the need for businesses to make money to my 7 year olds in DT this afternoon. One of them was listening!