Pluralism in economics:

rethinking the teaching of economics

 

On Saturday 18 October 2008 the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) and the International Review of Economics Education (IREE) hosted a One-day Workshop at City University, London, on “Pluralism in economics: rethinking the teaching of economics”.  The Workshop was supported by the Department of Economics and the School of Social Sciences at City University London, by the Economics Network and the Royal Economic Society.  The initial call for papers for the workshop can be found here: http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/pluralism_workshop.pdf.  IREE is also publishing a special issue in November 2009 on the issue of “Pluralism in economics education: Issues in teaching and learning”. The Call for Papers for the special issue can be seen here: http://staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/IREE_pluralism.pdf.  

 

Below you will find a list of the presentations made at the workshop, as well as links to the papers presented and videos of the presentations, where available. 

 

Alan Freeman (AHE)

“Benchmarking Economics – an introduction to the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Economics and the AHE critique of it”

Background Reading: The QAA Benchmark Statement

Background Reading: The AHE response

Video

 

 

Andrew Mearman*, Tim Wakeley§, Gamila Shoib§ and Don Webber*

(*Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, and §Griffith University, Australia)

“The need for pluralism in economics education: what do students think?” 

Full paper – not yet available. 

Video

 

Stephen Kinsella

(Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland.)

“Pedagogical Approaches to Theories of Endogenous versus Exogenous Money: Pluralism in Action?”

Full paper

Video

 

Dave Wilson and William Dixon

(London Metropolitan University Business School)

“Performing Economics: A Critique of T&L”

Full paper

Video

 

Amy Cramer

(Pima Community College and University of Arizona) 

“Making Economics Stick: Economic Principles Educate Voters.”

Full paper

Video – not available

 

Jason Maupin and Monica Licher

(Virginia Tech)

“Monist Economics and Pluralistic Public Policy: What Economics Can Learn From Public Policy?”

Full paper

Video

 

Terrence McDonough

(NUI, Galway)

“Integrating Heterodox Economics into the Orthodox Intro Course”

Full paper

Video

 

Alan Freeman (AHE), Andrew Mearman and Ioana Negru (AHE, University of the West of England, and Anglia Ruskin University)  

“Round table on benchmarking: should we have an Economics benchmarking statement, and if so, what should it say?”

Video