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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...
...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 of undergraduates find too politicized, and Marglin’s alternative course. There is also no reason such a class should not count...
...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...
...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...
...there weren’t student interest, I wouldn’t want to offer the course,” said Marglin, who noted that his proposal stems from many comments from juniors in his Social Studies tutorials frustrated with Feldstein’s class. “There would be no student interest if everything were hunky dory with...