Quit Lying and Address the Controversies: There are No Dogmata, Laws, Rules or Standards in the Science of Economics

William Becker

The American Economist, 2007, vol. 51, issue 1, 3-14

Abstract: As with other sciences, the author argues that there are no unquestionable ideas in economics, and attempts to impose “No Child Left Behind†K-12 type “technical standards†in universities will turn higher education in economics into remedial education. Students need to learn that the very nature of a science is to have unresolved topics and an on-going scrutiny of theories no matter how steeped they are in tradition. He provides examples to show how the dumbing down of economics to the dogmatic preaching of a few simple concepts, principles, and axioms of old misses the excitement of modem day economics and is a deceitful representation of the science of economics and a disservice to students seeking a higher education.

Date: 2007
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