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Saturday 27 October 2012

CO2 #2 Rethinking How We Teach Economics (via New York Times)

While a protest of an introductory economics class at Harvard University last semester seemed inspired more by the Occupy movement than by academic criticism, it raised questions about how the teaching of economics should change in light of the financial crisis. Indeed, what have we learned in the last five years that should be imparted upon future generations of economists?
Mona Chalabi, a 2011 graduate of Sciences Po in Paris and the author of “The Latest Financial Crisis: International Relations Goes Bankrupt,” suggested this forum.

Read here, this important discussion forum, about the future of economics teaching, after the financial crisis: TeachEconomics 

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