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Enhancing pluralism in the undergraduate economics curriculum by incorporating a political economy approach

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  • Pat Cantrell
  • David Mitchell

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Incorporating a political economy approach not only adds another viewpoint to traditional economics, it offers the opportunity to engage in critical thinking about alternative methodologies, and to debate about economic hypotheses and conclusions. Such an approach can potentially make the material more lasting for students by making economics more relevant. Weaving the material into an overall political economy curriculum not only adds an additional layer of learning, but provides scaffolding for higher learning. We provide a rationale as well as many suggestions for courses. Incorporating pluralistic curricula with political economy instead of inserting the ideas into a single course allows economics departments to improve student learning so that it becomes truly meaningful to the student.

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  • Pat Cantrell & David Mitchell, 2017. "Enhancing pluralism in the undergraduate economics curriculum by incorporating a political economy approach," International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(3), pages 273-285.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijplur:v:8:y:2017:i:3:p:273-285
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    1. Juniper, James & Nadolny, Andrew & Pantelopoulos, George & Watts, Martin, 2021. "Orthodox macroeconomic textbooks: A critical evaluation using institutional practice as a benchmark," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).

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