WHAT SHOULD AN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT TEACH IT'S STUDENT?: AN ESSAY

EZE, Pius C. WHAT SHOULD AN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT TEACH IT'S STUDENT?: AN ESSAY. Journal of Economic Growth and Transformation, 2 (3). pp. 47-55.

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Abstract

What is a university economics department teach its student? to answer this normative question is to advocate a curriculum. An example of such an advocated curriculum is presented in this essay for comparison with the Nigerian University Commission curriculum Benchmark (BMAS). The comparison shows that the BMAS does not seem to recognize the fact that the economist is primarily an analyst. The distinction between analysts and performers is accentuated using a football adaptation of Milton Friedman's well-known billiards metaphor which suggests that a good economics department should teach its student to think like economist. But then: What is the Economist way of thinking?

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 13 May 2019 10:17
Last Modified: 13 May 2019 10:17
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1512

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