The authors describe an interdisciplinary undergraduate course exploring multiple intersections of economics and religion, using a variety of textual sources, exercises, and teaching methods from both fields. They conclude that such a course can be valuable for both majors and non-majors,...

Students are often quite good at memorizing and replicating definitions and concepts on exams in the context in which those definitions and concepts are taught. What many students have more difficulty with is applying the material they learn in the classroom to a broader range of scenarios. This...

We report on the results of a two-phase survey aiming to explore the learning preferences of graduates in economics, compare the findings with graduates in other disciplines, and identify the determinant dimensions of their developed learning preferences. Economics graduates are compared against...

In this brief note we address the relation between economic analysis and the training of businessmen by taking into account four viewpoints: 1) the need for economic theory training in Business Schools; 2) the overlapping areas of economics and business; 3) the portray of the entrepreneur...

The author describes a writing assignment for a Soviet-Type/Centrally-Planned Economy Economy (STE/CPE) course. The exercise requires students to read a novel written by an East Central European or former USSR author and then answer, at length, two questions. First, how understanding the STE/CPE...

This paper describes the experiences of team-teaching a course about the culture and economy of Spain in Spanish. Our pedagogical approach is interdisciplinary and experiential learning through short-term international travel combined with classes in the US. Conducted in Spanish, the course...

Economic theories and tools provide only partial insight into the many complexities affecting various uses and flows of water. To usefully teach water economics, it is therefore necessary to understand and cooperate with other disciplines. Many economic concepts can be used to understand...

Italian Abstract: Il contesto economico e sociale in cui viviamo è in continuo cambiamento sottoposto a continue prove di forza che hanno caratterizzato le economie nazionali ed internazionali degli ultimi anni, connotati da una forte regressione economica, che ha però registrato un trend di...

A new economic revolution liberating financial markets? Seeks to answer some of the questions driving the existential crisis embroiling finance: What is currency? What is value? What is a business? What is a bank, even?This article discusses how regulatory reform, transformative technologies,...

The authors describe an interdisciplinary undergraduate course exploring multiple intersections of economics and religion, using a variety of textual sources, exercises, and teaching methods from both fields. They conclude that such a course can be valuable for both majors and non-majors,...