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<DIV>Econned (2010) by Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism is on the same track</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dante.monson@gmail.com
href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">Dante-Gabryell Monson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 20, 2011 9:57 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [P2P-F] "The Economics Anti-Textbook" ?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/27119883/The-Economics-Anti-Textbook-A-Critical-Thinker-s-Guide-to-Microeconomics-by-Rod-Hill-Tony-Myatt">http://www.scribd.com/doc/27119883/The-Economics-Anti-Textbook-A-Critical-Thinker-s-Guide-to-Microeconomics-by-Rod-Hill-Tony-Myatt</A></P>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economics_Anti-Textbook">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economics_Anti-Textbook</A></P>
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main thrust of the authors' argument is that basic economics courses, being
centered around models of <A
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title="Perfect competition"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_competition">perfect competition</A>,
are biased towards the support of <A
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title="Free market" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market">free
market</A> or <A
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title=Laissez-faire
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire">laissez-faire</A> ideologies,
and neglect to mention conflicting evidence or give sufficient coverage of
alternative descriptive models.</P>
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example of the book's approach is the theories surrounding <A
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title="Minimum wage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage">minimum
wage</A>.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0.4em 0px 0.5em">The book presents their own paradigm for
interpreting economic behaviour.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.4em 0px 0.5em">Despite not yet being reviewed in mainstream
journals, as of February 2011 the introductory chapter has received 13,000 views
on<A
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class=mw-redirect title=Stumbleupon
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumbleupon">stumbleupon</A><SUP
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economics_Anti-Textbook#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP>
and the book has attracted positive comment on various blogs</P>
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