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The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics
- Jun8 7y agoWhen I took Into to Econ I totally hated it, the stupid supply vs demand curves, M1, etc. etc. My wife had a PhD in Econ and after casually discussing this topic with her many years I'm now convinced that the fact the Economics departments should be under the business schools and the fact that its called Economics is a historical mistake: It's an empirical science of human behavior. It should be grouped with other science departments. I wonder how many careers would have changed if intro course would have been thought a la Freakonomics, having students write simulations to tackle interesting, real-world problems ("under perfect competition do you think gas prices in the city or on the highway would be higher?"). Or something like this: https://www.citylab.com/design/2014/12/an-immersive-game-shows-how-easily-segregation-arisesand-how-we-might-fix-it/383586/ https://www.citylab.com/design/2014/12/an-immersive-game-sho.... It seems Prof. Chetty is on this track. Godspeed.