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Pluralism in the economics curriculum: why it is needed and how you can obtain it

Pluralism in the economics curriculum: why it is needed and how you can obtain it

In the past few years, economics students from across the world have called for greater plurality in the economics curriculum. For example, in 2014 the International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics (which is a federation of 82 student groups from across 31 countries) released an open letter calling for

Resuscitating economics in the high schools

Resuscitating economics in the high schools

Universities are in a state of flux and they are strategically reweighting their priorities in the current funding environment. This has adversely impacted on the availability economics courses and subjects – the latest cuts at La Trobe are a case in point. We must also acknowledge that in competitive student markets

What price is the history of economics?

What price is the history of economics?

The master economist must possess a true combination of gifts … He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher – in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He