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The elimination of radical sections, which offered a Marxist critique of neo-classical economies in addition to teaching the standard course material, first prompted concern among section leaders last fall. The sections--which were over-subscribed by 100 percent last year--were extremely popular. Four hundreds students signed petitions last...
FELDSTEIN JUSTIFIED his move by claiming that introductory economics should concentrate on widely accepted mainstream views and that students should not be separated into ideologically specific groups. The professor's action appears to have been political, however, because he denied interested students the right to learn the radical critique along...
The other proposals call for a reorganization of the instruction manual given to all section leaders to reflect different approaches to central economic issues. It also calls for the reinstitution of the radical sections, and for the development of a variety of alternative sections offering supplementary material with different perspectives...
There is no question that exposing students to a variety of different economic viewpoints "helps them better understand mainstream neo-classical economics." But opponents of Feldstein's decision ignore the possibility that the current system already offers sufficient breadth of opinion, particularly for an introductory course.
No other Italian artist of the day had such mastery of gesture. Caravaggio was a minute observer of body language: how people move, slump, sit up, point and shrug; how they writhe in pain; how the dead sprawl. Hence the vividness of Abraham's gesture in The Sacrifice of Isaac...