Re: Adbusters: Mankiw as a propaganda hack

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

I got the same line many years ago  -- the students need the standard
material to get into grad school but when they get to grad school
they'll get the real poop.  Part of crushing the Notre Dame econ
department was the same  -- the students won't be prepared  or even
eligible for grad school.

Gene Coyle


On Jan 10, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Max B. Sawicky wrote:

> When I was teaching, one consideration was that students signed on
> to get the standard mainstream poop, so it would not be fair to
> burden and likely confuse some of them with radical alternative
> views.  (Putting aside the fact that I wasn't very well situated to
> provide alternative views at that point.)
>
>
> > what's truly sad about the review of Mankiw is how accurately the
> > author describes _all_ mainstream textbooks (or 99% of economics
> > textbooks). It's not just Mankiw.