In order to provide effective solutions to these problems, one must have a high understanding of the underlying core factors. To achieve this understanding, training in economics, specifically microeconomics and macroeconomics, is required.
Not everyone can do this though, not everyone has the skill or the will to be an economist so I don't think that what you're saying is a realistic one since there's no way that everyone can be an economists, what they ought to know is how the supply and demand works and they're good to go.
All of the Economics books that previous and future economists read (to take tests proving they can one day be a 9-5 economist, paid hourly) are available on the internet for FREE now
You may not get the accreditation from a fancy school but learning things for FREE vs what Universities charge to have an expensive degree (proving you read those books), has never been easier
Nobody should want to be an economist once they realize that only Keynes is taught in most universities, we have bitcoin to solve a lot of the problems he never even thought of