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It's a fair point, but the solution isn't obvious. This book leads with Big Issues before explaining context and background, making it inaccessible to people wh
by goialoq 9y ago
It's a fair point, but the solution isn't obvious. This book leads with Big Issues before explaining context and background, making it inaccessible to people who aren't already versed in the basics. But other (orthodox) intro books/courses never get to the big issues, leaving students with a stunted misunderstanding of how economics works in the real world and an overconfidence that they know how everything works.
I'd like to see a book like this blended with an orthodox textbook.
- jnordwick 9y agoBut without the context and background people aren't equipped to make up their own minds in a well reasoned way. The text seems to try to take advantage of that by feeding the reader how they should believe instead of letting them make up their own minds.