Economy Studies

Muijnck, Sam de; Tieleman, Joris

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“…We believe that our contribution in this paper is also toward a pluralist approach in economics that is increasingly becoming popular in scholarship. This approach seeks to offer multiple perspectives (models, methodologies, principles) when dealing with economics issues instead of "drilling them in a specific manner of thinking about it" (Hedke, 2021;de Muijnck and Tieleman, 2021). We are not the first to consider these questions, but to our knowledge, ours is the first to question messaging around public debt in South African economic texts.…”

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Content analysis of public debt in prescribed undergraduate South African economics textbooks

Nyika,

Muzuva,

Mugova

et al. 2023

JAE

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In the last fifteen years, rising public debt has been one of the most critical economic concerns confronting the world economy. The IMF and the World Bank have warned of increasing risks of multiple public debt defaults. It is vital that university students studying introductory economics understand the severity of the risks that these record debt levels pose, as many economics students do not study the subject beyond the first year.The purpose of this study was to examine how prescribed first-year economics textbooks treat public debt content. The research used a methodology of summative content analysis of three economics textbooks using a categorisation scheme to collect data.We find that the books do not address the most recent literature on public debt, notably arguments on the link between debt and economic growth or inflation. Moreover, the research indicated that the three texts convey public debt in very different ways; for example, one textbook completely dismisses any public debt concerns in a very short section dedicated to the topic. Another text uses detailed illustrations and provides context that assists students in understanding events that contribute to rising public debt levels.This study recommends that we include more historical examples, use more graphs to illustrate the data, and offer differing views to the mainstreams on public debt, including those raised by scholars and by multilateral institutions.

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Content analysis of public debt in prescribed undergraduate South African economics textbooks

Nyika,

Muzuva,

Mugova

et al. 2023

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Teaching the polycrisis: Assessing the effect of pluralist education in Italian economics programs

Ciccotosto,

Sokolenko,

Proctor

2024

Rev Evol Polit Econ

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This paper presents the results of a survey of economics students in Italy. The survey was motivated by a review of the curriculum of Italian economics programs and was designed to assess the links between how pluralist students claimed their economics education was, and their assessment of how adequately various topics were taught, how well they thought their education contributed to the development of a number of skills, and their overall satisfaction with their degree program. The results of our survey were then analyzed using an ordered logit model which found large and significant links between pluralism and student satisfaction, reported topical coverage and the formation of some skills. No statistically negative correlations between pluralism and any skill or topics were found. A categorization of the results of an open-ended question from the survey asking students what they would change about their education “if they had a magic wand” is also presented. The results of the study point to increasing pluralism as an intriguing option for departments looking to attract and retain students and as a useful tool for training economists who are prepared to face current and future global economic challenges as represented in the concept of the polycrisis.

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Political Economy as a Methodological Approach

Dow

2022

Review of Political Economy

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Content analysis of public debt in prescribed undergraduate South African economics textbooks

Content analysis of public debt in prescribed undergraduate South African economics textbooks

Teaching the polycrisis: Assessing the effect of pluralist education in Italian economics programs

Political Economy as a Methodological Approach

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