On 24 Jun 2022, at 19:21, Steven J. Klees <sklees@umd.edu> wrote:<CORE - Bowles et al new econ curriculum New Yorker article.pdf>_______________________________________________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,SteveOn Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:58 PM Christian Stalberg <cstalberg@mymail.ciis.edu> 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).
…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
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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