Give them something to think about, don't tell them what to think: A constructive heterodox alternative to the CORE project

Economics must change. In the light of the traumatic economic events in 2008-09, that has become the conventional wisdom, both within the economics profession and without. Two questions inevitably follow. First, what degree of change in economics is appropriate: should it be limited and incremental...

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Published inJournal of Australian political economy no. 75; pp. 211 - 232
Main Authors Brendan Sheehan, John Embery, Jamie Morgan
Format Journal Article
Published 15.07.2015
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Curriculum planning
Economic policy
Economics
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
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Summary:Economics must change. In the light of the traumatic economic events in 2008-09, that has become the conventional wisdom, both within the economics profession and without. Two questions inevitably follow. First, what degree of change in economics is appropriate: should it be limited and incremental (the mainstream view) or genuinely transformative (according to most shades of heterodox opinion)? Second, how should the necessary change be enacted; should it be from the top-down or from the bottom-up?
Bibliography:Journal of Australian Political Economy, The, No. 75, Winter 2015: [211]-232
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ISSN:0156-5826