The Economists of Tomorrow: the Case for a Pluralist Subject Benchmark Statement for Economics
This paper, on behalf of the UK-based Association for Heterodox Economists (AHE), argues for a reformulation of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Economics (SBSE) on pluralist principles. Pluralism - the capacity to examine critically a range of explanations for observed reality - should be the primary required outcome of economics education. Specific provisions should recognise, promote, defend and guarantee this good practice in teaching and assessment alike. Such a revision, it argues, is the appropriate response to widespread criticism of economics, to which the monotheoretic character of its practice has laid the profession open, following the recession which began early in 2008.
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2009
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Authors: | Freeman, Alan |
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International Review of Economic Education. - Economics Network, University of Bristol. - Vol. 8.2009, 2, p. 23-40
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Economics Network, University of Bristol |
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