Editorial: Pluralism in Economics Education

Roundtable dialogue on pluralism

Biographical notes: Jack Reardon teaches economics in the School of Business at the Hamline University. His research interests include economics education, energy and the environment, and labour economics. He has published in a wide variety of journals including the Journal of Economic Issues, Monthly Labor Review and International Journal of Green Economics. He has published A Handbook for Plu...

World Economics Association Newsletter Editorial: Why Pluralism Stuart Birks 2 Message from Edward Fullbrook 2

The crisis makes clear that the effort of the mainstream in economic thinking to ignore or even suppress differing voices can have disastrous social consequences. There could, therefore, be no better time to build an institution like the World Economics Association that would encourage and project such voices." C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University " Today, economics needs methodolog...

Pluralism and Economic Education: a Learning Theory Approach

Preparing students to participate in social and economic life after graduation is a widely held goal of economics instructors. How that goal is achieved and interpretations of what is a relevant skill, however, are a source of debate, covering both content coverage and pedagogical practices.This paper argues that a more pluralistic approach to both course content and pedagogy is fundamental for...

Heterodox economics: A common challenge to mainstream economics?

There is evidence of an increasing coherence, and openness to communication, among the different strands of economics. The purpose of this paper is to address the questions this raises as to whether or not there is still a useful role for the concept of schools of thought. We explore first the categories of orthodox economics and heterodox economics and how we can expect them to develop in the ...

Some Practical Aspects of Pluralism in Economics