Mar. 8, 2012 — Remapping Debate recently reported on some of the ways that critics of the current model of economics education in the United States believe that undergraduate programs can reform...view
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Corporate influence, Taxes
Mar. 8, 2012 — The corporate tax reform mantra these days — at least on the Democratic side of the aisle — is “lower the rates and broaden the base.” Supporters frequently say that the goal is a...view
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Alternative models, Economy, Education
Mar. 7, 2012 — Tens of thousands of undergraduate students will take an introductory course in economics — often called “principles” courses — during any given year. Few of the students in these...view
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Alternative models, Economy, Education
Feb. 22, 2012 — Although the foundational assumptions of neoclassical or “mainstream” economics are often presented to students as akin to “scientific fact,” those assumptions, as Remapping Debate...view
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Corporate influence, Taxes
Feb. 8, 2012 — For years, a wide range of business and business-supported groups have railed against what they describe as an out-of-control civil justice system. As the story goes, greedy...view
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Alternative models, Economy, Education
Feb. 8, 2012 — In Part 1 of Remapping Debate’s series on undergraduate economics education, we reported on how the discipline has been dominated by neoclassical economics, a school of thought...view
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Alternative models, Economy, Education
Feb. 8, 2012 — In early November of last year, several dozen students walked out of an introductory microeconomics course at Harvard University taught by N. Gregory Mankiw, a former economic adviser...view
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Urban Policy
Jan. 25, 2012 — What if success for Detroit were no longer defined as avoiding bankruptcy or a takeover by a state-appointed emergency manager? What if there were a way for Detroit to do better than...view
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Corporate influence, Globalization, Labor
Jan 18, 2012 — As part of a recent shift to a more populist tone, the Obama Administration last week held a conference at the White House to encourage companies to create jobs in the United States,...view
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History, Race, Urban Policy
Jan. 11, 2012 — The Detroit metropolitan area, has a long history of racial antagonism between the city and its suburbs. According to Thomas J. Sugrue, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania...view