In Order to Save the World for Human Habitation, We must Stop Teaching Economics!

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ON THE INTERNET WITH GOOGLE TITLE SEARCH all I get is a citation to the journal, so it is good that GMU has the actual paper document Sent to George Mason University in year 2000, a copy of this paper found in boxes of John's saved papers, John marked it on his list "SBSOC" meaning Structure Bound(sp?) Science of Complexity, a paper to use as reference on this topic and to save for use by future students. To be reprinted with critiques and rebuttal in Theory and Research in Social Education, XXI, March 1993. "The discipline of economics has incorporated a normative model of the market called the neoclassical paradigm. This paradigm is based on 11 normative principles that define the culture of economics in capitalist societies. Teachers of economics are inculcating these norms in their students. Following these norms, however, leads to undesirable and possibly catastrophic consequences, especially in the area of the environment. In order to save the world for human habitation, we must stop teaching economics! Unfortunately, for several reasons, the neoclassical paradigm..."

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  • Description: Electronic reproduction
  • Publication Year: 1993
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