Principles of economics textbooks: lessons to be learned in light of the financial crisis

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Abstract

Has the financial crisis already changed US principles of economics
textbooks? Rather little has changed in individual textbooks, but taken as a
whole ten of the best-selling textbooks suggest rather encompassing changes of
core curriculum. A critical analysis of these changes shows how individual
textbooks could become even better at grasping the financial crisis than the
textbooks are now as a collective. This would require a development of
curriculum incorporating theoretical and historical dimensions of the financial
crisis and a more pluralistic attitude by integrating conflicting interpretations of
the financial crisis and its causes, remedies, and possible consequences.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education
Vol/bind3
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)240-251
Antal sider11
ISSN1757-5648
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2012

Emneord

  • Financial Crisis
  • Textbook, Economics

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