Bob,

I just think that may help, but what would really help is understanding that one does not print money to solve a deficit.  One cuts back and does not keep asking the taxpayers to help.  We need to audit the government by a CPA firm, and then make the cuts.  A

How about a decent grade in decency??

 Good morning Bob. I don't think any of the fools on the Hill took economics. The only thing that they understand is that there is an abundance of ink and paper.

Oh crap...I dropped out of my first economics class. The first day the professor made it seem over my head. 

My grandfather ran a successful string of businesses up and down the Mississippi River and he didn't even graduate high school. He's my main motivation in life. 

People in his area wanted him to run for local boards and offices. He never did. He didn't like the politics. 

So I don't know is my answer. 

I'm not sure anyone learns much at all in Economics 101!  But anyone in high office ought to surround himself with people with PhDs in Economics, if they don't have a grasp of the subject.

NO.

A good measure of common sense is all that is required.

Running for public office puts 'common sense requirement' in question. Lacking the common, it matters not what other qualifiers or letters are appended to the name.

I think a MPA is a requirement to get a public administrator job with local government.  Only US will allow a C student and a former cheer leader to be in office and bring us into a Great Recession.

A political question, how interesting.  Just ask any politician, they know how and what to spend our hard earned money on better than we do, that is as long as it isn't their money....

I love the question.

How do you define decent?

I don't think Econ 101 would handle our problem with candidates, Bob. wish is was that simple!

No.

Bob Crane sometimes some lessons are learn by experience!

No need to know about Economics to run for high office, unless the office has something to do with Economics.

Maybe that would help...

I have any number of economics courses under my belt and an MBA in finance, and all I remember from Econ 101 was the theory of supply and demand. And what does one consider a decent grade? In our household our kids were told no grades under a B+ was considered decent. But some would consider a C a decent grade.

Evidently not. Enough political comment!

I wish !

 About a decent grade in social interaction.

Let's add a few basic qualities: decency, compassion, wholesome, polite and maybe the ability to compromise with fellow human beings

It could not hurt!

It might help!!

You would think so!

Should be

I think sit would be a good idea, but how could that be mandated?

Bob Crane It helps. This is an excellent question.

Not necessarily. I would rather have a person with good common sense and the wisdom to know when to turn to others who have the expertise, then listen, learn and execute.

No, this is America, so anyone should have the right to run for President.  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have that right.  Where are all of the great people anyway?

One would think it should be.  I'd also say civics and having read the constitution should be required.  Obviously not.

A good leader doesn't need to know everything, but needs to understand it and know how to select his advisers.

When it's not their own money, they could understand Economic theory.  However, since they don't suffer the consequences of their poor choices, I think they don't care.

No. However, effective leadership experience is a good requirement.

Bob, actually I would rather have ALL high school students in America  have a decent grade in ECONOMICS and AMERICAN HISTORY as a condition of earning that high school degree!

There has been a growing trend of censorship and de-emphasis on the importance of the principles that have made America the GREATEST nation on earth in the education curricula in the past three generations in school. 

Let's once again start at the ground floor and work our way up!

No, they should have run a for-profit business successfully for a long time. That's the best teacher of the market system that I  know of. And that is absolutely not an endorsement of DT!!!

The last thing we need is another Alice In Wonderland classroom idiot academician running our country...

I think they should all have had to hold a 9-5 job at one point!

My take is that you will learn via repetition, involvment and Q & A...in other words, while you are running....

Why bother, just print more money to buy bonds to float the government. It has been working for generations. What could go wrong? An economics 101 coarse would get everyone confused and take away time from all the social events and fund raisers that must be attended.

That and monthly ethics classes.

Only if reading a lot of supply and demand charts is a requirement.

parked and reading

Good morning Bob. What a brilliant idea, but sad that they haven't already mastered economics.