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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299361303321

Titolo

Post-Crash Economics : Plurality and Heterodox Ideas in Teaching and Research / / edited by Omar Feraboli, Carlo J. Morelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-65855-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 265 p. 2 illus.)

Disciplina

330.071

Soggetti

Schools of economics

Teaching

Economic theory

Macroeconomics

Education—Economic aspects

Heterodox Economics

Teaching and Teacher Education

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Education Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book demonstrates the continuing relevance of economics for understanding the world, through a restatement of the importance of plurality and heterodox ideas for teaching and research. The Great Financial Crash of 2007–8 gave rise to a widespread critique of economics for its inability to explain the most significant economic event since the 1930s. The current straightjacket of neo-classical undergraduate economic teaching and research hinders students’ understanding of the world they live in. The chapters in this book provide examples to demonstrate the importance of pluralistic and heterodox ideas from across the breadth of economics. The authors’ plurality of approach is indicative of the fact that economics is a much



broader discipline than the dominant neo-classical orthodoxy would suggest. This volume provides undergraduate students with a range of alternative ideas and university lecturers with examples whereby the curricula have been broadened to include pluralist and heterodox ideas. The quest for a rethinking of the university Economics curriculum has produced a lively and dynamic literature. This book goes further than others by exploring how heterodox approaches would enrich the syllabus not only in micro and macro economics but also in business, development and financial economics. It also considers approaches for engaging students with the Economics discipline. This book is essential for scholars and instructors who advocate a new curriculum if Economics is to be relevant for the real world. ___Alberto Paloni, University of Glasgow.