Late on Saturday night, on an obscure radio outlet, the BBC is, catching up with the angst about the problems with economics degrees. Peter Day's Global Business programme on Educating Economists goes out on Saturday 6 February, at 2232 on the BBC World Service. Here is what the programme website says:
Since the crash of 2008, university students around the world have been rebelling against how they are taught economics. No other academic discipline has ever endured such criticism. Economics teaching, say its detractors, is too narrow, too focused on mathematical modelling and without real world applications. The student protestors have now been joined by a growing number of employers and professional economists. Peter Day explores the history of economics teaching; when and why did the courses change? Looking at the present day, he asks why some universities are rushing to change what they teach and others are refusing to budge. And how much does it really matter what we teach our undergraduate economists?
It will be good to catch up on the latest news of this saga, which has been going on now for some time, and Day is good at bringing an international perspective to issues. Looking forward to it.
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