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.
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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education |
Vol/bind | 3 |
Udgave nummer | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 240-251 |
Antal sider | 11 |
ISSN | 1757-5648 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2012 |
Emneord
- Financial Crisis
- Textbook, Economics