Book contents
- The Economics of Economists
- The Economics of Economists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The institutional setting of academic economics
- Part II The individual incentives of professional economists
- Part III Challenges and solutions
- 8 Why economics is on the wrong track
- 9 Do we try to teach our students too much?
- 10 The perils of narrative teaching in economics
- 11 Academic women's careers in the social sciences
- 12 Ought (only) economists to defect? Stereotypes, identity, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
- 13 The financial crisis and the systemic failure of academic economics
- Index
9 - Do we try to teach our students too much?
from Part III - Challenges and solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
- The Economics of Economists
- The Economics of Economists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The institutional setting of academic economics
- Part II The individual incentives of professional economists
- Part III Challenges and solutions
- 8 Why economics is on the wrong track
- 9 Do we try to teach our students too much?
- 10 The perils of narrative teaching in economics
- 11 Academic women's careers in the social sciences
- 12 Ought (only) economists to defect? Stereotypes, identity, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
- 13 The financial crisis and the systemic failure of academic economics
- Index
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- The Economics of EconomistsInstitutional Setting, Individual Incentives, and Future Prospects, pp. 243 - 255Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014