Reevaluating Economic Education: Principles of Economics Texts
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Review of Radical Political Economics
- Vol. 16 (2-3) , 167-179
- https://doi.org/10.1177/048661348401600208
Abstract
Principles of economics texts not only reveal the essential elements of orthodox economic theorizing, but they also contain an ideological message and are intended to explain economic reality. This paper summarizes major criticisms of such texts, showing that they are poorly equipped to explain reality. It concludes by suggesting a more meaningful approach.Keywords
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