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...polished wood has welcomed hundreds of first-years to Sanders Theater—and their first day of Social Analysis 10. Many students are dissatisfied with the course—26 percent of those who wrote written responses for the CUE Guide believe the course has a conservative bias, according to the Guide’s 2002-2003 edition. But hundreds continue to pack Sanders’ pews to hear Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 give his lectures on introductory economics—possibly because they have no other option...
...should not be an excuse for left-leaning students to ignore the Feldstein brand of conservative economics. Any new introductory economics class should be academically rigorous, well-taught and should cover the core of conventional economic thinking that Ec 10 does. Its professor should also eschew political bias in the lecture hall—having two biased courses in the place of one does not serve the needs of students. But if Marglin can meet the criteria to lead such a course, there is no reason not to give unhappy first-years a choice between Ec 10, which hundreds...
...question referenced a recent debate among Feldstein, Marglin and Dani Rodrik, professor of international political economy at the Kennedy School, over the question of whether political bias is a factor in teaching economics...
...main concern with Ec 10 is not so much its bias, but the fact that nobody seems to care. Marty’s apathy trickles down; TFs just read off the printout lesson plans, students just copy down what’s on the board in section,” he said. “What excites me about this new class is that Prof. Marglin seems to be really interested in building and teaching a new course that will force students to learn actively...
...succeeds in getting students engaged and thinking critically about not only mainstream economic theory itself, but about the philosophy and history of economics, the problem of bias will fix itself, because students will be forced to think for themselves about economics,” he said...