Valuing (and Teaching) the Past
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| Title: | Valuing (and Teaching) the Past |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Peart, Sandra J., Levy, David M. |
| Source: | Journal of Economic Education. Spr 2005 36(2):171-171. |
| Availability: | Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | United States History, Economics Education, Social History, Social Science Research, Economic Research, Higher Education, Political Issues |
| Geographic Terms: | Jamaica |
| ISSN: | 0022-0485 |
| Abstract: | There is a difference between the private and social cost of preserving the past. Although it may be privately rational to forget the past, the social cost is significant: We fail to see that classical political economy is analytically egalitarian. The past is a rich source of surprises and debates, and resources on the Web are uniquely suited to teaching such wide-ranging debates. Our Secret History of the Dismal Science, at www.econlib.org, provides a series of windows on the literary and analytical texts and the artwork that figured in the debates. Students who read Smith juxtaposed with Whitman, who read the Carlyle-Mill exchange, and who see these images, understand the debate in a way that students who read only the Wealth of Nations, Ricardo's Principles, or John Stuart Mill cannot. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 47 |
| Entry Date: | 2005 |
| Accession Number: | EJ712892 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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