How Do We Change The Economic Curriculum?

Sunday, June 8th, 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Room 320/322
Undefined

This workshop will not directly address the issue of what’s wrong with what is now taught in economics courses; it will start from the assumption that quite a lot is wrong. Nor will it prescribe exactly what should be done to improve the curriculum, but will instead start from the question: Suppose we agree on what should be taught in economics curricula, how can such change be brought about?  To answer this question will require discussion of the forces that now act as barriers to change, as well as strategic approaches for overcoming these barriers.

Collaborative live notes: https://commonbound.hackpad.com/How-Do-We-Change-the-Economics-Curriculu...

Speakers: 

Keith Harrington

International Student Initiative for Pluralist Economics

Keith Harrington is the former Maryland and Washington D.C. Field Director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network – a Mid-Atlantic-based climate and clean-energy advocacy group that 350.org founder Bill McKibben calls “the best regional climate organization in the world.” During his four years at CCAN, Keith organized grassroots activists across Maryland and D.C.

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Jigar Bhatt

Jigar Bhatt is a PhD candidate at the department of planning in the Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

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Helen Scharber

Helen Scharber is an assistant professor of economics at Hampshire College. She holds a B.A. in economics from Knox College, an M.A. in environmental politics from Keele University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts.

Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political economy, environmental justice and health. 

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