Economic theories and tools provide only partial insight into the many complexities affecting various uses and flows of water. To usefully teach water economics, it is therefore necessary to understand and cooperate with other disciplines. Many economic concepts can be used to understand...

The rhetoric of positivism had a profound effect on the worldview and practice of economists in the middle of the last century. Though this influence has greatly diminished, it still may be found in the attitude of many economists towards the history of their discipline. This paper traces the...

The Great Recession of 2007-2009 triggered a debate among commentators, economists and policymakers about the relevance of academic economics. We advocate the overhaul of undergraduate and postgraduate syllabuses starting with the adoption of the Bowles and Carlin proposals

An economics course is developed that utilizes writings from major thinkers across theages to explore the question: Can the good life be lived in both moral and material terms? Thequestion-driven course brings economics, philosophy, religion, and classics into dialogue onmatters of contemporary...

As an interdisciplinary field, economics and ethics has been taught in many different ways, including in my experience teaching the course over many years. This paper describes the challenges teaching this subject involves and the strategy I ultimately adopted for doing so after trying different...

Although entrepreneurship education is thriving, it often lacks a substantial foundation in economic theory and history, and therefore also an appreciation of the overarching social significance of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to explore one way economics can enhance...

There haven't been any significant improvements in terms of credit delivery to the members of self-help groups under Mission Convergence as the numbers of loans haven't increased much. There are signs of weariness in the Mission regarding the same and several meetings have been called to address...

This manuscript develops a classroom experiment on international trade that is suitable for undergraduate intermediate macroeconomics, international trade, and international finance courses. Students representing buyers, in a small home country and foreign country, and sellers, both home and...

The extensive body of survey-based research correlating between students' cheating and their academic grade point average (GPA) consistently finds a significant negative relationship between cheating and the GPA. The present paper reports the results of a two-round experiment designed to expose...