Dear all Thanks for this exchange. Gilbert Rist’s book provides valuable ideas for alternative economics curriculum. May be helpful. See: The Delusions of Economics The Misguided Certainties of a Hazardous Science https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Delusions-of-Economics-by-Gilb... <https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Delusions-of-Economics-by-Gilbert-Rist/9781848139237> Best wishes Michel
On 24 Jun 2022, at 19:21, Steven J. Klees <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Christian,
The CORE curriculum is an improvement over standard approaches in economics departments but it is fundamentally neoclassical. It moves away from neoliberalism but is firmly ensconced in a liberal view of markets and capitalism. Putting lipstick on a pig is, to me, an appropriate characterization. Check out the attached New Yorker article.
Best, Steve
On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:58 PM Christian Stalberg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Sharing this resource. Would love to hear reactions. My kneejerk response was that this is simply putting lipstick on a pig (the pig being the systemic structural violence of capitalism).
https://www.core-econ.org/ <https://www.core-econ.org/>
…oh and if you would like to know where this initiative got its start, read this
https://www.philanthropy.com/article/thinking-anew-about-capitalism <https://www.philanthropy.com/article/thinking-anew-about-capitalism> Thank you in advance for your interest and attention!
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Christian Stalberg
Doctoral Student
Anthropology & Social Change
CIIS, San Francisco, CA
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