In the paper "Conversation or Monologue: On Advising Heterodox Economists," we are taken to task by Matías Vernengo on a number of issues made in Colander, Holt, and Rosser (2004b; 2007-8). In this paper, we respond to two central arguments made by Vernengo, and stand by our earlier arguments that...

This paper argues that providing alternative perspectives, such as Post Keynesian economics, is important to students and for the success of the economics profession. Comparing and contrasting different views allow students to develop critical reasoning skills that they will need later in their...