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Neo-classical theory and the teaching of undergraduate microeconomics

This paper explores possible reasons for the long and enduring dominance of neoclassical theory over
the undergraduate microeconomics textbook. It proposes that those very attributes of neoclassical
microeconomics that raise serious theoretical misgivings constitute the basis for the current
hegemony of the standard undergraduate textbook. It further discusses the effects of the standard
text on the education of economists in developing countries and conditions of the entrenchment of
this text in undergraduate teaching. Finally, it looks at the possibilities of the emergence of
alternative textbooks both in the centre and in the periphery of the global academic map.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000881
Date01 December 2008
CreatorsScerri, M
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPdf
Rights© 2008 Economic Society of South Africa.
RelationSouth African Journal of Economics

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