A formula for teaching economics
“Less maths and more history of economic thought might make for more enthusiastic and useful graduates.” Requires free registration.
“Less maths and more history of economic thought might make for more enthusiastic and useful graduates.” Requires free registration.
Wendy Carlin says said students “disenchanted” and lecturers “embarrassed” by the way economics is taught: requires free registration.
Launch of CORE project, with description.
Previews CORE launch event.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) singled out CORE as the bright spot in the international response of the economics profession to how to teach economics after the crisis. The article, titled “We haven’t learned anything from the financial crisis” quotes many other authors on the failure of universities to adapt their courses to respond to this challenge from the real world.