Re: economics students' attitudes
Thad Williamson wrote: Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating economic actor they are studying? Robert H. Frank, Thomas Gilovich, and Dennis T Regan, "Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?," Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (1993), pp. 359-371. For an upcoming presentation relevant to pomo stuff, I would like to make point that studying postmodernism can lead to self-reinforcing effects on outlook to world (despair, depoliticization, etc.) and use the economics stuff as parallel. Have you checked out Terry Eagleton's book Illusions of Postmodernism? A bit irresponsible, in that he attacks a "mood" rather than any specific texts, but still entertaining suggesetive. Doug
Re: economics students' attitudes
J. of Economic Perspectives Winer 1996 Volume 10 No. 1 "Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation?" Yeser, Goldfarb and Poppen with coment by Robert H. Frank, Gilovich, and Regan Cheers!! Alex At 06:41 AM 10/7/97 -0700, Thad Williamson wrote: Dear Pen-L'rs, Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating economic actor they are studying? For an upcoming presentation relevant to pomo stuff, I would like to make point that studying postmodernism can lead to self-reinforcing effects on outlook to world (despair, depoliticization, etc.) and use the economics stuff as parallel. Thanks, Thad Thad Williamson National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives (Washington)/ Union Theological Seminary (New York) 212-531-1935 http://www.northcarolina.com/thad Alex Campbell Research Associate, National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives 2317 Ashmead Place, NW Washington, DC 20009 202 986 1373 (voice)/ 202 986 7938 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
economics students' attitudes
Dear Pen-L'rs, Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating economic actor they are studying? For an upcoming presentation relevant to pomo stuff, I would like to make point that studying postmodernism can lead to self-reinforcing effects on outlook to world (despair, depoliticization, etc.) and use the economics stuff as parallel. Thanks, Thad Thad Williamson National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives (Washington)/ Union Theological Seminary (New York) 212-531-1935 http://www.northcarolina.com/thad
Re: economics students' attitudes
See _The Making of an Economist_ by Arjo Klamer and David Colander, Westview. Doing a survey of 1rst and 3rd year economics grad students at MIT, Columbia, Chicago and someplace else (Harvard or Yale maybe) they evaluate the changes in attitudes that occur over the course of graduate school indotrination... er, education. I belive this includes the factoid that _The Economist_ picked up that grad students ranked "knowledge of an economy" lease important to success in grad school and "skill at mathematics" most important. Gina ** Gina Neff [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Thad Williamson wrote: Dear Pen-L'rs, Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating economic actor they are studying? For an upcoming presentation relevant to pomo stuff, I would like to make point that studying postmodernism can lead to self-reinforcing effects on outlook to world (despair, depoliticization, etc.) and use the economics stuff as parallel. Thanks, Thad Thad Williamson National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives (Washington)/ Union Theological Seminary (New York) 212-531-1935 http://www.northcarolina.com/thad
