Universities sound the alarm – can't count

Fewer and fewer economics students can do math. Now professors are sounding the alarm. – This is something we notice very clearly. We are forced to lower the requirements, says Christina Öberg

Banking jobs are attractive – but high school math is not their thing. The university's alarm: The economists of the future do not master elementary school math.

Many of today's economics students lack basic knowledge of mathematics, representatives from Swedish economics programs write in DN Debatt. It is feared that this will have consequences not only for the students, but also for Sweden.

DN DEBATT. More and more economics students lack basic knowledge in mathematics. They cannot do things that they should have learned in elementary school, so universities and colleges must now invest resources in helping them fill the knowledge gaps. This could have far-reaching consequences for Sweden in several ways, write representatives from economics education.