Abstract:
This paper explores what a critical commentary on micro principles texts might look like, examining what is to be critiqued and how to do it.
Keywords:economics education; Principles textbooks; new economic theory (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:A (search for similar items in EconPapers) New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hpe and nep-pke Date: 2001-06-13 Note: Type of Document - PDF; pages: 31; figures: n/a. This paper grew out of a workshop co-sponsored by the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) and the Department of Economics of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the spring of 2000. (See Appendix 1 for a description of the workshop.) About 25 people participated in the on-site workshop over its 15 week lifespan, and more than 50 people were part of an on-line discussion list associated with the workshop. Other working papers available at www.gdae.org References:Add references at CitEc CitationsTrack citations by RSS feed