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Teaching Political Economy: Making A Difference?

Frank Stilwell’s article “Teaching Political Economy: Making a Difference?” reflects upon the different challenges and outcomes of teaching political economy. Economics as a discipline is important and has a real impact on citizen awareness of economic issues and on political policy: many undergrad and graduate students go on to hold important positions in state administrations. The author notes the tendency in the economics curriculum taught in most universities to provide legitimacy to many actual initiatives and policies that applied orthodox economic theories, even in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. He then considers the difficulties in elaborating and practising alternatives in the classroom and how much depends on the students involved in the transfer and advancement of knowledge within economics. The article goes on to make a case for a pluralist pedagogy that can contribute not only to their careers, but to making a difference in economic and social progress.