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Students will still be able to add organic chemistry at the last minute, and both Social Analysis 10, “Principles of Economics?? and Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice” will always be able to squeeze in the extra person. But if you shopped “The Warren Court” and decided it would make a great fourth class, or you thought about taking a photography class or an oversubscribed history seminar, forget it. The doors to those courses will have closed long...
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...
...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...
...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...
While perennial favorite Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics?? enrolled 717 students to keep the top spot—as it has for many years—the biggest change this year came with Afro-American Studies 10: “Introduction to Afro-American Studies...