David Brancaccio

What's driving this at the state level, do you think?

I assume you see some variance across states with how this question of what is capitalism, how does it work, how that gets answered.

I mean, you can imagine a classroom where the gist is that capitalism and the market system solves most things.

And that, of course, is a notion that's in great dispute.

I, having been married to a teacher for a long time, know that it takes a long time to change curriculum.

But there may have to be some updating of the curriculum, right, with President Trump's impulse to intervene directly in the running of companies.

You know, who should be CEO, which logo a company should use.

I mean, that cuts against free market orthodoxy.

Ayelet Sheffi is senior education reporter at Business Insider.

Thank you so much.

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