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Here are some examples:
 
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On the Financial Crisis: Consider "the role of stratification along multiple trajectories – race, class, and gender – in contributing to economic crises and in shaping their distributional dynamics." See Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, James Heintz, and Stephanie Seguino, "Critical Perspectives on Financial and Economic Crises: Heterodox Macroeconomics Meets Feminist Economics ''Feminist Economics''," Volume 19, Issue 3, 2013. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13545701.2013.806990#preview
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'''On the Financial Crisis:''' Consider "the role of stratification along multiple trajectories – race, class, and gender – in contributing to economic crises and in shaping their distributional dynamics." See Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, James Heintz, and Stephanie Seguino, "Critical Perspectives on Financial and Economic Crises: Heterodox Macroeconomics Meets Feminist Economics ''Feminist Economics''," Volume 19, Issue 3, 2013. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13545701.2013.806990#preview
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On Shortcomings of GDP:''' Assign the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8Qc8mH-0s&list=PLD779AF4357E7D3E0, in which Marilyn Waring speaks about women's work and the importance of assigning value to it. Ask students to identify three policy decisions that may generate ''inefficiency'' if the policymakers do not adequately account for the value of nonmarket production. Ask students to identify and discuss three policy decisions that may generate ''inequity'' if policymakers do not adequately account for the value of nonmarket production.
  
On Shortcomings of GDP: Assign the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8Qc8mH-0s&list=PLD779AF4357E7D3E0, in which Marilyn Waring speaks about women's work and the importance of assigning value to it. Part of a series of short interviews produced by AWID in the lead up to the 12th AWID International Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, April 19-22, 2012.
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'''On the Labor-Leisure Model:''' To analyze an individual's time allocation decision, use the model of utility model derived indirectly from market goods and nonmarket time. Francine D Blau, Marianne A Ferber, Anne E Winkler offer a great presentation of this model in ''The Economics of Women, Men, and Work'' by http://www.amazon.com/The-Economics-Women-Work-Edition/dp/0136084257.
 
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On the Labor-Leisure Model: Present the model of indirect utility model presented in ''The Economics of Women, Men, and Work'' by Francine D Blau, Marianne A Ferber, Anne E Winkler. http://www.amazon.com/The-Economics-Women-Work-Edition/dp/0136084257
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On discrimination:''' Explicitly acknowledge the narrow conditions under which competitive market forces penalize and eliminate discrimination.  Teach alternative theories of discrimination, which explain the persistence of [[Discrimination|discrimination]] in markets.
 
 
On discrimination: Explicitly acknowledge the narrow conditions under which competitive market forces penalize and eliminate discrimination.  Teach alternative theories of discrimibnation, which explain the persistence of [[Discrimination|discrimination]] in markets.
 

Revision as of 20:04, 7 November 2013

Teaching economics with nuance

Even if your department decides not to offer a course in heterodox theories of economics or a course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics, it is important (or maybe even preferrable!) to integrate alternative perspectives and experiences into the content of existing courses.

Here are some examples:

Macro:

On the Financial Crisis: Consider "the role of stratification along multiple trajectories – race, class, and gender – in contributing to economic crises and in shaping their distributional dynamics." See Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, James Heintz, and Stephanie Seguino, "Critical Perspectives on Financial and Economic Crises: Heterodox Macroeconomics Meets Feminist Economics Feminist Economics," Volume 19, Issue 3, 2013. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13545701.2013.806990#preview On Shortcomings of GDP: Assign the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8Qc8mH-0s&list=PLD779AF4357E7D3E0, in which Marilyn Waring speaks about women's work and the importance of assigning value to it. Ask students to identify three policy decisions that may generate inefficiency if the policymakers do not adequately account for the value of nonmarket production. Ask students to identify and discuss three policy decisions that may generate inequity if policymakers do not adequately account for the value of nonmarket production.

Micro:

On the Labor-Leisure Model: To analyze an individual's time allocation decision, use the model of utility model derived indirectly from market goods and nonmarket time. Francine D Blau, Marianne A Ferber, Anne E Winkler offer a great presentation of this model in The Economics of Women, Men, and Work by http://www.amazon.com/The-Economics-Women-Work-Edition/dp/0136084257. On discrimination: Explicitly acknowledge the narrow conditions under which competitive market forces penalize and eliminate discrimination. Teach alternative theories of discrimination, which explain the persistence of discrimination in markets.