October 2021 Friday’s e-links: A New Way to Teach Economics

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I like to think of them as my e-links:

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Friday’s e-links 10/08

Through a New Yorker article, I recently learned about a new introductory economics teaching approach. Challenging the message from most basic college textbooks, the open-access curriculum says we need an information pivot. Rather than emphasize the accomplishments of competition, capitalism, and laissez-faire government, we should explain their flaws. Agreeing that we need some changes, still, I would quote Winston Churchill (below) and just replace “democracy” with capitalism. But do take a look. Their proposal is thought-provoking.