Step one
Joris Tieleman and Sam de Muijnck, relatively veteran Rethinking Economics activists, have just produced a guide to economics curriculum design: Economy Studies: A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education. The Mint …
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Left wanting
Review by Guy Dauncey of Economics and the Left: Interviews with Progressive Economists, edited by C.J. Polychroniou (2021). As we begin 2022, way too many people are looking at the …
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Bad grammar?
British academic, and ecological economist, based in Vienna, Clive Spash, was one of the few expert voices who openly and scathingly criticised the recent Dasgupta Review. The 600-page review by …
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A Name With No Name
Danielle Guizzo looks at how economics made the work of academic giant Barbara Wootton, invisible. Barbara Wootton, was a leading name in the areas of Sociology and Criminology in post-war …
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‘Testosterone-Fueled Bear Pit’ Discourages Women From Economics
The field of economics has a “dirty secret” that’s putting women off its pursuit in academia: It’s a “testosterone-fueled bear pit.” That’s according to one of the U.K.’s most influential …
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The negativity bias in news about how public money is used affects our willingness to pay taxes
To meet the public’s preference for negative content. the media tend to overreport negative news. Miloš Fišar, Tommaso Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini, and Jiří Špalek write that this negativity bias in the coverage of economic policy issues …
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NI-RoI economic links to be examined by think tank project
Two leading think tanks have started a project to improve understanding of the economic links between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The work involves Dublin’s Economic and Social …
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All together. How?
If the way out of climate crisis requires a world that works together, can economics and markets provide the direction? Şerban Scrieciu reflects. Two globally significant events this year have …
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An ideal economist
Alex M. Thomas introduces the Indian economist, Krishna Bharadwaj. There are few economists who have made stellar contributions to theory, history and empirics. Rarer is the same individual making lasting …
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Commons concern
American natural resource economist, Erik Nordman, has just written a book about Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Mint quizzed him …
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