Teaching the History of Economic Thought

Edited by Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, UK

'Mainstream economics is so reduced and skewed from reality that its teaching has always been and is becoming worse in substance and methods, creating legions of opportunities to take up alternative pedagogies. This book takes a step or three in this, judicially deploying the history of economic thought both to expose the narrowness of the mainstream and the richnesses it overlooks in the discipline's own history - to the mutual benefit of the critical faculties of students and teachers alike.'--Ben Fine, SOAS University of London, UK'This book argues that economics education reform is to be achieved through the history of economic thought. Not just by introducing students to the history of economic thought at the very beginning of their studies, but mainly by situating the material taught in every module in a historical perspective. Tavasci and Ventimiglia make a compelling case, and the individual chapters contain a wealth of detail as to how that can be achieved under a variety of conditions.'--Andrew Denis, City, University of London, UK

• Contents:1. IntroductionDaniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia2. Integrating History of Economic Thought into Introductory EconomicsConstantinos Repapis3. Teaching economic theory based on the history of economic thoughtJoseph Halevi4. From Teaching History of Economic Thought to Teaching and Learning with Historical PerspectivesDaniela Tavasci5. Eleven theses on political economy and ‘rethinking economics’: The role of the history of economic thought in the ‘Italian tradition’Riccardo Bellofiore6. Introducing Institutional Microeconomics through the study of the history of Economic ThoughtGerald Friedman7. Teaching money and banking with regard to the history of economic thoughtLouis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi8. Teaching Financial Economics with Historical PerspectivesLuigi Ventimiglia9. Teaching and learning with historical perspectivesStephanie FullerIndex