Debate Econômico: New York TImes

The New york times, APRIL 1, 2012 10:46 PM

Rethinking How We Teach Economics

Liz Meyer

While a protest of an introductory economics classat Harvard University last semester seemed inspired more by the Occupy movement than by academic criticism, it raised questions about how the teaching of economics should change in light of the financial crisis. Indeed, what have we learned in the last five years that should be imparted upon future generations of economists?

Mona Chalabi, a 2011 graduate of Sciences Po in Paris and the author of “The Latest Financial Crisis: International Relations Goes Bankrupt,”suggested this forum.

Read the Discussion: 

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/01/how-to-teach-economics-after-the-financial-crisis/what-i-didnt-learn-in-introductory-economics

DEBATERS

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  What I Didn’t Learn in Econ 101

  MONA CHALABI, RISK CONSULTANT
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  Not Your Father’s Monetary Policy

  ALAN BLINDER, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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  Throw Out the Probability Models

  NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, AUTHOR, "THE BLACK SWAN"
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  Study Economic History

  ROBERT SKIDELSKY, MEMBER, BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS
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  A Little Humility Would Help

  JEFFREY A. MIRON, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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  The Role of Reality in Prices

  MENZIE CHINN, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
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  What We Can Learn in Econ 101

  JOHN COTTER, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN