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Empowering students to compare ways economists think: the case of the housing bubble

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Students are expected to think critically about economic processes but not about the way economists explain those processes. They are generally powerless to do the latter. This paper illustrates a causal mapping technique to enable students to translate narrative accounts of various economists' models into a common framework that facilitates comparison and promotes informed discussion. Called the feedback method, it is demonstrated with a comparison of three accounts of the recent US housing price bubble.

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  • I. David Wheat, 2009. "Empowering students to compare ways economists think: the case of the housing bubble," International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1/2), pages 65-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijplur:v:1:y:2009:i:1/2:p:65-86
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    1. Zohreh Emami, 2013. "Teaching and learning for economic life," Chapters, in: Deborah M. Figart & Tonia L. Warnecke (ed.), Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life, chapter 6, pages 77-90, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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