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Establishing a comprehensive census of undergraduate economics curricula:Foundational and special requirements for major programs in the U.S.

Turner, Grant - 2018

concerning the future of the discipline of economics and how it is taught, by examining and creating paradigms and methods that … objective of these studies is to explore and address a variety of issues and features of the discipline of economics …. This is done by collecting and analyzing data on numerous aspects of the undergraduate economics curriculum, economics as a …

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The Making of a Good Society: Economic Freedom, Instrumentalism, and Government Control

Murray, Michael/ M J - 2011

The article discusses the incompatibility of promoting individual interests of capitalists and workers with the promotion of macroeconomic goals of society. The article implements the ``instrumental method'' developed by Adolph Lowe, and articulates the separation of microeconomic goals with...

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Banks' Reserves' Restrictions and Economic Performance in Sudan (2007-2009)

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2010

The paper analyzes the impacts of Islamic and conventional Banks reserves' restrictions in Sudan. Comprehensively, those restrictions are necessary for health banks, performance and the viability of the macroeconomic performance in any country. The selected period of the analysis (2007-2009) is...

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The Making of a Good Society: Lowe’s Instrumental Method and the Pursuit of Full Employment

Murray, Michael/ M J - 2011

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The UK research assessment exercise and the narrowing of UK economics

Lee, Frederic; Pham, Xuan; Gu, Gyun - 2012

economics that, in the context of the RAE and local department decision-making, explains the progressive elimination of … heterodox economics, the progressive homogenization of mainstream economics from 1992 to the present, and the continued rise to …

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The Short Rise and Long Fall of heterodox Economics in germany After the 1970s: Explorations in a Scientific Field of Power and Struggle.

Heise, Arne; Thieme, Sebastian - 2016

In the context of ongoing criticisms of the lack of pluralism in economics, the present article aims to discuss the … development of ‘heterodox’ economics since the 1970s. Following Lakatos’s concept of scientific research programs (srp), and … concentrating on the situation in Germany, the article will discuss classifications of economics, and will specify the understanding …

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Why has economics turned out this way?’ A socio-economic note on the explanation of monism in economics.

Heise, Arne - 2016

Economic science has – lamented by some, applauded by others – turned into a monistic discipline. In this short research note, a socio-economic answer to the question of why this has happened is provided by combining an economic approach to the market for economic ideas with a sociological...

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Beyond GDP - Measuring the Wealth of Nations

Wenzel, Tina - 2009

This work devotes analysis to the consistency of the idea to measure the Wealth of Nations beyond GDP. Looking at the desirability, utility and feasibility of the concept, the main objective is to outline whether a socially and environmentally adjusted GDP would be able to have a real policy...

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An attitude of complexity: thirteen essays on the nature and construction of reality under the challenge of Zeno's Paradox

Albers, Scott - 2019

This book is about the construction of reality. The central aim of this study is to understand how gravity works and how it may be focused and manipulated. While I do not have an answer to this question, the discoveries along the way have been worth collecting into a single volume for future...

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Displaced Worker Angst and Far Right Populism

Lambert, Thomas - 2024

This paper looks at how downward socio-economic mobility of displaced workers is fueling the rise of right-wing populism. After a review of relevant literature on worker displacement and angst follows an analysis of its implications for US politics. Data from government sources suggest that...

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