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Is It Time for a New Economics Curriculum?
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Is It Time for a New Economics Curriculum?

“The Economy,” a new textbook, is designed for the post-neoliberal age.

Nick Romeo
The New Yorker, 2021
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The standard economics curriculum has long been static, but a small group of academics is reimagining how to present the field to younger generations. Journalist Nick Romeo highlights a dynamic new text whose authors’ ambitions are to broaden the perspective on economics by examining the geopolitical and sociological angles that underpin national economies. The new approach would embrace not just data and theories but also social phenomena in a wide-ranging attempt to take on the messy complexity of the dismal science.

Take-Aways

  • Economic schools of thought are a product of their sociopolitical times.
  • Two economists’ novel approach to the teaching of economics is gaining traction.
  • Because it questions long-held beliefs, the new curriculum has attracted critics.

About the Author

Nick Romeo is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and the Washington Post. 

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