The Sydney Insurrection
In the 1960s, the Department of Economics of the University of Sydney decided to "modernize." By this, it meant adopting solely a neoclassical approach to theoretical issues and policy questions. In effect, says the author, it amounted to censorship of alternative views. Several professors began a battle in the 1970s to develop a political economy program that included such an alternative view. They succeeded. Here is their story.
Year of publication: |
2010
|
---|---|
Authors: | Butler, Gavan |
Published in: |
Challenge. - M.E. Sharpe, Inc., ISSN 0577-5132. - Vol. 53.2010, 2, p. 54-75
|
Publisher: |
M.E. Sharpe, Inc. |
Saved in:
freely available
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Contracts in the political economy of a nation
Butler, Gavan, (1990)
-
Building institutional capacity in Southeast Asia : regional governed interdependence
Natsuda, Kaoru, (2005)
-
Political economy now! : the struggle for alternative economics at the University of Sydney
Butler, Gavan, (2009)
- More ...