How to Make Economics the Sexy Social Science

8 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2003

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William E. Becker

Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; University of South Australia

Abstract

Economics is sexy: or it could be, if academic economists would recognize that the discipline has progressed beyond the 100-year-old version they learned - and if they would change their teaching accordingly to get students engaged in ideas that are at the forefront of the science. Our job as teachers is to provide those ideas and examples that demonstrate that economics is not so dismal and, in fact, is the sexy social science.

Suggested Citation

Becker, William E., How to Make Economics the Sexy Social Science. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=372262 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.372262

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