How can an instructor facilitate a critical examination of the theory of the firm found in mainstream microeconomics principles texts? We suggest not presenting a single alternative paradigm, where students might feel constrained to choose one over the other, but rather an 'anti-text' that shows...

The usual textbook discussion of rent control does not go beyond discussing first-generation controls in the context of perfect competition. Such a discussion is open to the charge of being biassed in favour of the free market solution. This paper suggests a way to extend our discussion by...

Despite widespread recognition that high interest rates may cause price increases through their influence on costs, this point has not been incorporated into simple aggregative macro models. We suggest a way of modifying the simple macro model to incorporate this effect, and by using reasonable...

The authors show that bottlenecks in the economy's ability to absorb new entrants do not explain the female/male unemployment rate differential in Canada. The "loose attachment" of women to the work force explains only one-quarter of the differential. Of overriding importance is the minimum...