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Friday, 1 April 2016

Post-crash economics, or... economics in the real world

There is growing unease about the understanding and teaching of economics:
Futures Forum: "Another economy is possible" >>> 'orthodox' vs 'heterodox' economics

In fact, there is plenty of 'pluralism' when it comes to ideas on what to do with the economy:
Futures Forum: The Real Economy Lab
Futures Forum: The four-hour working week, the sharing economy and going beyond the master-servant relationship

And much of this 'heterodox' approach is about questioning the 'orthodox' neo-liberal approach - otherwise known as 'vulgar libertarianism' or 'crony capitalism':
Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism: Vulgar Libertarianism Watch, Part 1
Center for a Stateless Society » “Crony Capitalism” And “Corporatism”: True Enough — As Far As They Go
Center for a Stateless Society » Does “Free Market” Even Mean Anything?

Last night's Radio 4's In Business looked at how university students worldwide are becoming more vocal about how only one narrow understanding of economics is being hoisted on them:

Economic Rebellion

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Why is there so much dissatisfaction about how economics is taught at universities? 
Since the financial crash, many students have been in revolt in the UK and overseas, determined to change the content of their courses. 
They are not alone. 
Employers and some economists share many of their concerns. 
Peter Day explores why the subject has changed over a generation and why that might matter. 

BBC Radio 4 - In Business, Economic Rebellion

See also:
BBC Radio 4 - Teaching Economics After the Crash

And:
The Home - Post-Crash Economics Society
Post-Crash Economics @ University of Manchester Students' Union
Robert Skidelsky - Post-Crash Economics
Economics students aim to tear up free-market syllabus | Business | The Guardian
Students’ hopes dashed over ‘crash’ course in economics teaching - FT.com

And:
Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism - Home
Society for Economic Pluralism
Open Letter — International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics
1st Vienna Conference on Pluralism in Economics |
Pluralism in economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And:
Join the Movement to Rethink Economics
Rethinking Economics | We are an international network of rethinkers coming together to demystify, diversify, and invigorate economics.
Rethinking Economics | New Economy Coalition
NETWORK | Rethinking Economics Italia
Rethinking Economics - YouTube

And:
Heterodox Economics Foundation
Association for Heterodox Economics
Heterodox Economics Newsletter
Heterodox Economics: Economics outside the mainstream
Heterodox economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marginal revolutionaries | The Economist

And:
Economists suffer from physics envy - Business Insider
Physics envy? | The Enlightened Economist
Book Review: Models Behaving Badly - WSJ
Business-school research: The physics-envy problem | Which MBA? | The Economist
Warning: Physics Envy May be Hazardous to Your Wealth | MIT Video
Lee Smolin: Physics Envy and Economic Theory - YouTube

And finally:


29 March 2016

Economics Curriculum Reform in British Universities: the role played by the Society of Business Economists

Ever since the world was engulfed by the most severe financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the early 1930s interest in Economics has soared. People have been seeking to understand what went so badly wrong, why this happened and, looking ahead, how this sorry state of affairs could best be remedied in order to deliver better-functioning and more equitable economies in the future. Such enthusiasm is exemplified by the greatly enhanced popularity of A-level Economics, together with a very marked increase in the number of those applying to read Economics at degree level. A substantial rise in generalised appetite for Economics has also been apparent –especially manifest in the popular success of such innovations as the annual Bristol Festival of Economics and similar events launched elsewhere.
The 2007-09 crisis revealed, however, that much of what was being taught as Economics at British universities was clearly deficient, seeming abstract, rarefied and “other-worldly” and having precious little to contribute to addressing contemporary challenges. Her Majesty the Queen, at the London School of Economics in November 2008, famously questioned why nobody had seen the financial crisis coming –and came away, as did so many, frustrated by the sheer inadequacy of the response afforded by the conventional academic wisdom.
Such frustration led to a welcome development in February 2012 when a conference was convened at the Bank of England which took as its theme“Teaching Economics after the Crisis”.  Importantly, the scale of the discontent with the existing state of play revealed at this gathering led to establishment of a working group – on which the Society of Business Economists was represented – charged with the task of devising concrete recommendations for changes in the way Economics was taught to undergraduates at British universities(1).
As part of its contribution to this project the Society of Business Economists submitted an online questionnaire to its members, asking which knowledge and skills on the part of newly-minted Economics graduates they –as employers and practitioners –most valued and, also, where deficiencies were most apparent.
The results of this survey were reported in The Business Economist in early 2013 (2) and informed the working party’s report – in which the key points of the survey were incorporated, in summary form (3). Overall, the survey results indicated a widespread dissatisfaction on the part of economic practitioners’ with the “standard” Economics curriculum.
Our survey results provoked widespread interest in universities and gave valuable support to blossoming initiatives in various universities to make Economics under-graduate syllabi more “fit for purpose”. The survey findings also helped inform the grass-roots student campaigns for curriculum reform –such as that of Rethinking Economics – where participants were (pleasantly) surprised to learn that economic practitioners were a similar wave-length.
Importantly, what the Society of Business Economists had to say on this critical subject received especial traction when the Society was invited in 2014 by the Quality Assurance Agency to participate in its periodic “benchmarking” exercise with regard to the UK Economics degree (the last re-assessment had taken  place in 2006). Two employers’ representatives ( and SBE members) – Andy Ross and Ian Harwood – sat on this committee, and exerted significant influence upon the eventual report (4) in terms both of its general tenor and, also, by means of the following, very specific section of the committee’s report:
“From the employers’ perspective, the ideal Economics graduate should be well-versed in economic theory, both micro and macro; possess highly-developed analytical skills; be able to apply economic concepts to practical, “real world” issues, within the context of historically and internationally-comparative experience; be technically proficient in data analysis and knowledgeable about data sources. It is, in addition, very important that Economics graduates should have excellent communication skills, in particular the ability to explain economic ideas clearly to non-economists.”
Prior to its release in July 2015 this QAA report was accepted by the heads of all the Economics departments in the UK. It should, as a consequence, materially influence the development of the future UK Economics curriculum.
One would have to be very optimistic, though, to expect change to be effected quickly throughout British universities. Nonetheless, material changes areoccurring – as was highlighted very recently in Peter Day’s excellent “Economic Rebellion” BBC Radio programme (5) – which is highly recommended listening.
Ian Harwood
References:
(1) Are Graduate Economists Fit for Purpose?http://www.res.org.uk/view/article5Apr12Correspondence.html
(2) Business Economist, vol 44 No 1 2013
(3) Teaching Economics after the Crisis: Report of the Steering Grouphttp://www.res.org.uk/view/article7Apr13Features.html
(4)QAA Subject Benchmark Statement, July 2015http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Economics-15.pdf
(5) “Economic Rebellion”  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35462879. You can hear Ian Harwood in the BBC Global Business programme “Economic Rebellion”. Presented by Peter Day on the World Service, the programme focuses upon the controversial subject of Economics curriculum reform at UK universities. It is due to be broadcast again on Radio 4, 8.30pm on 31stMarch http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074zgr2 and again on Sunday 3rd April at 9.30pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074zgr2/broadcasts. You can listen now by clicking on the link below.

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  • Sidmouth Trawlers
  • SkyPark
  • Smarter Grid Solutions
  • Social Housebuilding & Maintenance
  • Societe 2000 Watts
  • Soil Association
  • South Devon AONB
  • South West Coast Path
  • South West Councils
  • Spinwatch
  • Streetlife
  • Sustainability Centre
  • Sustainable Business Toolkit
  • Sustainable Crediton
  • Sustainable Ottery
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustaining Tourism
  • Sustrans
  • SVEAG
  • Taste of the West
  • This is Cornwall
  • This is Devon
  • This is Exeter
  • This is Money
  • This is North Devon
  • This is Somerset
  • This is the West Country
  • Tour de Manche
  • Transition Culture
  • Transition Exeter
  • Transition Network
  • Transition Norwich
  • Transition Town Exmouth
  • Transition Town Honiton
  • Transition Town Totnes
  • Treehugger
  • UK Govenment
  • Understory
  • Unlock Democracy
  • Urban Answers
  • Victorian Society
  • View From Sidmouth
  • Vision Group for Sidmouth
  • Vision Group for Sidmouth 2006 Report
  • Visit Devon
  • Visit Sidmouth
  • Waitrose
  • Western Daily Press
  • Wetland Treatment Systems
  • What Do They Know
  • WWF
  • Yes to Homes
  • Zero Carbon Britain

more links

  • 1st Sid Vale Scouts
  • 38 Degrees
  • Association of East Devon Chambers of Commerce
  • BBC Dorset
  • Bay FM Radio
  • Big Butterfly Count
  • Bristol Post
  • British Hospitality Association
  • Building Design
  • Butterfly Conservation
  • Byes Pre-School - Sidford Playgroup
  • CAMRA
  • Campaign for the Protection of Rural England - Devon
  • Centre for Effective Government
  • Chard and Ilminster News
  • Citizens Advice Bureau East Devon
  • Climate justice campaign - Christian Aid
  • Clinton Devon Estates
  • Community Energy
  • Community Energy Coalition
  • Community Land Trust Assn of West Marin
  • Community Matters
  • Community Voice on Planning
  • Cooperative & Mutual Solutions
  • Cornish Guardian
  • Cosmic - East Devon
  • Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
  • Dementia Action Alliance
  • Devon Birds
  • Devon Gardens Trust
  • Devon Green Lanes Group
  • Devon Health and Wellbeing
  • Devon Life
  • Devon Tour of Britain
  • Devon Town Profiles
  • Devon Trail Riders Fellowship
  • Devon Wildlife Trust
  • Donkey Sanctuary
  • Dorset Wildlife Trust
  • EDA Facebook
  • EDDC Councillor Susie Bond
  • EDDC Press
  • East Devon Alliance
  • Embedded Carbon Analysis
  • Engaging Networks
  • English Heritage
  • European Mobility Week
  • European Union - Environment
  • Exeter Express & Echo
  • Exeter University
  • Exeter and East Devon Growth Point
  • Exmouth Journal
  • Exmouth People
  • Exmouth Vision
  • Fight for Feniton's Future
  • Fish News EU
  • Flavel Arts Centre Dartmouth
  • Frack Off - Frack Free Devon
  • Green Building Press
  • Green Construction
  • Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement
  • Green New Deal Group
  • HS2 Action Alliance
  • Inside Business 360
  • Institute of Civil Engineers
  • Liverton Business Park
  • Local Food Grants
  • Local Gov
  • Marine Reserves Coalition
  • Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog
  • Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
  • Met Office
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations
  • National House Building Council
  • Natural Capital Project
  • Natural England
  • Norman Lockyer Observatory
  • Notes from a Broken Society
  • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
  • One Hundred Months
  • Openly Local
  • Otter Rotters
  • Persimmon Homes
  • Planning Resource
  • Plymouth Herald
  • Plymouth University
  • Public Affairs World
  • Reconnect
  • Recycled Architecture
  • Royal Academy
  • Rural Services Network
  • SAVE Britain's Heritage
  • SVA Rural Footpaths
  • Salty Monk
  • Save Our Greenspaces
  • Save The Salamanders
  • Sibylline – Marine Wildlife Center
  • Sid Valley Cycling Club
  • Sid Valley Foodbank - e-mail
  • Sidbury Manor
  • Sidbury Primary School
  • Sidbury Village Website
  • Sidford WI
  • Sidmouth & District Hospitality Assn
  • Sidmouth Carnival
  • Sidmouth Drill Hall
  • Sidmouth Folk Week
  • Sidmouth Fringe
  • Sidmouth Memories
  • Sidmouth Museum
  • Sidmouth Streetlife
  • Sidmouth Town Band
  • Sidmouth Twinning Circle
  • SkyPark
  • SouthWest Business
  • Stand Up For Seaton
  • Strawbale House Islington
  • TaxPayer Alliance
  • Tescowatch Seaton
  • The Pub in the Village - Save the Red Lion
  • This is Dorset = Blackmore Vale Magazine
  • UK Butterflies
  • University College London
  • Visit South Devon
  • WWF
  • We Are Residents - Saffron Walden
  • Western Morning News
  • Western Morning News
  • Wildlife Trusts
  • Woodland Education Centre - Offwell Honiton
  • YouGen
  • Your Local Guardian

even more links

  • 10:10
  • Airbnb
  • Alphr
  • Anna Minton
  • Architects Journal
  • Beyond Current Horizons
  • Big Think
  • Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
  • Blockupy
  • Breaking News
  • Builder and Engineer
  • Builders Merchants News
  • Building
  • Building Design
  • Business Insider
  • C4SS - Center for a Stateless Society
  • Campaign for Freedom of Information
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Centre for Science and Policy
  • Centre for Science and Policy @ Cambridge
  • Chartered Institute of Building
  • Child Accident Prevention Trust
  • Club of Info
  • Commons Abundance Network
  • Commons Transition
  • Construction Manager
  • Counterpunch
  • Crowd Justice
  • Cyclists' Touring Club in Devon
  • Decisions, decisions, decisions: Andrew Lainton
  • Desktop Regulatory State
  • Devon Week
  • EBuild - Self-Build Community
  • EDDC Cllr Ian Thomas - Trinity Matters
  • East Devon Conservatives
  • East Devon Green Party
  • East Devon Labour
  • East Devon Liberal Democrats
  • Estonian Green Movement - FOE
  • Exeter Civic Society
  • Exmouth Journal
  • Exmouth Splash - public opinion and discussion page
  • Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit
  • Flatpack Democracy
  • Forbes
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Green Optimistic
  • Guardian Sustainable Business
  • Henry Jenkins
  • IBTimes
  • Information Commissioner's Office
  • Information Tribunal
  • International Business Times
  • Library of Law and Liberty
  • Livable Cities
  • Local Government Lawyer
  • Micromanufacturing
  • Mid Devon Gazette
  • Mises Institute
  • Mutualist Blogspot
  • NHS - NEW Devon CCG
  • NHS - North Devon Healthcare
  • New Internationalist
  • Open Democracy
  • P2P Foundation
  • Paul Mason
  • People’s Republic of South Devon
  • Permaculture Association
  • Permaculture Guild
  • Positive Money
  • Post Scarcity Alliance
  • Post-Crash Economics
  • RHS - Communities
  • Real Zorro
  • Reinventing Money
  • Renewal
  • Reporting Climate Science
  • Resource Based Abundance Economy
  • Rewilding Britain
  • Rio 20
  • Rural Services Network
  • Shelter Blog
  • Slate
  • Small Business
  • South West Green Party
  • Spinwatch
  • Straightgate Action Group
  • Strike! Magazine
  • Telegraph Blogs
  • The Baffler
  • The Conversation
  • The Ecologist
  • The Long + Short
  • The Urbanist
  • Transition Free Press
  • Transition Research Network
  • UKIP Devon
  • Uber
  • Undercover Info
  • Urban Technologist
  • Walking School Bus
  • World Economic Forum
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