tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post3979699174667356746..comments2023-10-30T03:48:20.087-04:00Comments on anti-mankiw: Anti-Mankiw's Favorite Textbooks and Teaching MethodsDaniel MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07546752099879983120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-65668735542223546732011-12-12T14:12:06.121-05:002011-12-12T14:12:06.121-05:00It did not become apparent to me, until after much...It did not become apparent to me, until after much additional reading, that the principles that are taught in basic courses are as rigged to one professor's perspective. The argument for perspectives beyond strictly one paradigm is sound. If people are taught to be the freest of thinkers at the earliest of stages, it likely would improve the whole of economics. <br /><br />In nearly every social science, ideas and perspectives may sometimes be in the majority, but the plural approach means that all are improved for knowing each other's arguments and each other's perspective. <br /><br />For example, going to a school where the free-market or Austrian approach is doctrine means you're likely to reduce your strongest tendencies. Even though you may be a serious Keynesian, your concessions and perspectives will soften toward that sub-discipline. <br /><br />In a sense, this is like a atheist in the religious school; he may disagree with many fundamental principles, but he'll likely support the volunteer and philanthropic work that the religion does in the community. In economic terms, that means the Keynesian that studies in a school that supports Hayek or Friedman might not completely argue that nominal wages and prices are sticky, or the vice-versa might argue that decline of Keynesian policies, to an extent, may have caused the worldwide financial collapse in 2008.<br /><br />The multi-approach is best, and debate and discourse is the fundamentally best way to learn at university.ChocolateRobothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079476190779708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-16810873083159762552011-11-17T16:34:43.188-05:002011-11-17T16:34:43.188-05:00Thanks! We'll put you on our blog list.
Alway...Thanks! We'll put you on our blog list.<br /><br />Always great to hear that there are other projects out there similar to ours. <br /><br />Take care!Daniel MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546752099879983120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-17553829055987917252011-11-17T13:42:59.171-05:002011-11-17T13:42:59.171-05:00Sorry to be another comment that is simply a shame...Sorry to be another comment that is simply a shameless plug, but you might be interested in my blog 'Unlearning Economics'. In one of my posts I try to highlight the cognitive dissonance that learning neoclassical economics instils in you:<br /><br />http://unlearningeconomics.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/how-to-unlearn-economics/Unlearningeconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687413107325575532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-84745769758739795292011-11-16T05:47:26.217-05:002011-11-16T05:47:26.217-05:00Congrats for this blog!
Encourage from Spain!, by...Congrats for this blog!<br /><br />Encourage from Spain!, by another young economist.<br /><br />http://losnuevoseconomistas.blogspot.com/Jorge Segurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395900428859709482noreply@blogger.com