Avi J. Cohen (York) and Ross B. Emmett (Michigan State): Why and How to Teach the History of Economic Thought: Economics as Historically Produced Knowledge. Stuart Birks (Massey): Is it Economics? The Case for a Broad Approach to Economics Research. John B. Davis (Marquette): Kenneth Boulding as a Moral Scientist. From the latest issue of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Gareth Dale (Brunel): Lineages of Embeddedness: On the Antecedents and Successors of a Polanyian Concept; Steven Pressman (Monmouth): Microeconomics after Keynes: Post Keynesian Economics and Public Policy; and Andrew Mearman (UWE): Who Do Heterodox Economists Think They Are? A growing group of economists has formed an organization to revive the progressive traditions of the profession, the World Economic Association. The Undercover Economist himself, Tim Harford, says you can find economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual world of computer games. No matter how disastrously myopic they might be, it seems that economists can do no wrong in the eyes of many. What if everything we know about economic policy is wrong? Hugh H. Schwartz on improving economic policy (with or without economists). A review of Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets by Debra Satz. A review of Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning From Gilgamesh to Wall Street by Tomas Sedlacek (and more). Moshe Syrquin (Miami): GDP as a Measure of Economic Welfare. Rethinking GDP: Why we must broaden our measures of economic success. Jobs Miscount: How flawed is the nation's most watched economic indicator?
