This paper analyses whether using analogies to integrate knowledge from other scientific areas increases the level of accounting knowledge. We defined two sets of analogies, one between the physical states of water and the economic and cash flows, and another between the concepts of stock, flow and feedback that were taken from the System Dynamics…

The author explains how social studies teachers can make sense out of economics for their students by viewing the American economy systematically, conceptually, and interdisciplinarily. Emphasis is placed on the interrelationship of inflation, deflation, and unemployment. Simple diagrams are provided. (DE)