ABSTRACT
A provocatively rethink of the questions of what, how and for whom economics is produced. Academic economists in the twentieth century have presumed to monopolise economic knowledge, seeing themselves as the only legitimate producers and consumers of this highly specialized commodity. This has encouraged a narrow view of economics as little more than a private dialogue among professionally licensed knowers. This book recasts this narrow view.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|84 pages
Academic versus ersatz economics
part II|52 pages
It's not all academic
chapter 7|21 pages
Economic knowledge, professional authority, and the state
The case of American economics during and after World War II
part III|37 pages
Reconstructing the academic conversation
part IV|60 pages
Teaching matters
chapter 13|8 pages
Mandating knowledge
The role of the Advanced Placement exam in secondary economics education
chapter 14|13 pages
Strategy and tactics in the pedagogy of economics
What should be done about neoclassical economics?