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Students for a Humane And Responsible Economics’ proposal to offer a new class taught by Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin ’59 as an alternative to Ec 10 is not the best solution to the problems with the current course (News, “Petition Argues For Alternative To Ec 10 Course”, March 3). Fixing Ec 10 by balancing the readings in the sourcebook, stating the assumptions that lead to politically controversial conclusions, and providing students with more of an opportunity to interact with and question the material would be more effective...
Students for a Humane and Responsible Economics, an undergraduate organization that has challenged Feldstein and his curriculum since 1996, has posted a petition on the web supporting an alternative to Ec 10. More than 450 people have signed on. Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin ’59 would teach the class, and offer a more critical view of economics’ basic principles. Marglin plans to cover the basic economic principles that are taught in Ec 10, but about one-fourth of the course would aid students in critically assessing neoclassical economic wisdom...
...writer is Barker Professor of Economics...
Triumphing over printer problems, chronic paper shortages and network outages, History and Literature concentrators poured into the Barker Center Friday to turn in their senior theses—the concentration’s 5 p.m. deadline the earliest of the term...
Students for a Humane And Responsible Economics (SHARE) posted the petition on the Web to support Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin’s proposal for an alternative to the first semester of the popular Core, colloquially known as “Ec 10.” The proposed course would cover the same material, but with a different emphasis...