[PeDAGoG] CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics)

Sun Jun 26 18:38:00 CEST 2022

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-Gilbert-Rist/9781848139237 <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 <sklees at umd.edu> wrote:
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> Dear Christian,
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> 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.
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> Best,
> Steve
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> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:58 PM Christian Stalberg <cstalberg at mymail.ciis.edu <mailto:cstalberg at 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).
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> https://www.core-econ.org/ <https://www.core-econ.org/>
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> …oh and if you would like to know where this initiative got its start, read this
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> 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
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> Doctoral Student
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> Anthropology & Social Change
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> CIIS, San Francisco, CA
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