{"id":4404,"date":"2016-04-07T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T08:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=49649"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:15","slug":"is-economics-education-too-one-sided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/04\/07\/is-economics-education-too-one-sided\/","title":{"rendered":"Is economics education too one-sided?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205151\/Irene-van-Staveren-0316-002-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139063\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205151\/Irene-van-Staveren-0316-002-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139063 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205151\/Irene-van-Staveren-0316-002-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139063 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205151\/Irene-van-Staveren-0316-002-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139063 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/levien-willemse\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Levien Willemse<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In the summer of 2009, the leading opinion magazine <em>The Economist <\/em>argued that limitations in economics education also contributed to the onset of the crisis. Irene van Staveren, professor of pluralist development economics, is therefore calling for more pluralism in economics education. What do other economists think about that?<\/p>\n<p>In economics education, too little attention is given to alternative approaches, stated Van Staveren in an interview with <em>EM<\/em>. There is too much emphasis on the mainstream, neoclassical concepts and models, that focus on efficient markets and human-beings as rational actors looking for utility maximisation (the homo economicus).<\/p>\n<p>As a result, economists forget valuable ideas from approaches such as institutional, Marxist or social economics. \u201cIf economists had paid more attention to this in their teaching and policymakers had remembered and put it to use, regulation of the financial sector would have been different, banks\u2019 risk models would have been different and we would not have had to experience the crisis to this extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is, therefore, high time that we also embrace social and institutional economists, thinks Van Staveren. Not <em>instead of<\/em> neoclassical theory, but <em>alongside<\/em> to it. \u201cIt is not about telling students what is right and wrong, but you have to offer them a wider spectrum. That can only enrich education.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the interview with Irene van Staveren<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/04\/01\/als-we-stoffige-economen-hadden-gelezen-was-de-crisis-voorkomen\/\">\u2018If we\u2019d read those stuffy economists, the crisis could have been prevented\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Economics has actually become increasingly diverse&#039;<\/h3><div data-component=core\/image><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205447\/Robert-Dur-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139064\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205447\/Robert-Dur-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139064 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205447\/Robert-Dur-900x900.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139064 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Professor of economics, <strong>Robert Dur<\/strong>: \u201cIt is true that in economics education we don\u2019t work through school, after school, after school. That\u2019s not how economic practice has worked over the last twenty or thirty years. It\u2019s more of a big crowd of economists that is interested in understanding various economic processes, and that crowd also shops in other disciplines. Previously, you did indeed have several schools, including the institutional economics with prominent figures such as Thorstein Veblen. I have the impression that many of the valuable aspects of these theories have been incorporated into the mainstream economics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that the mainstream economics can be understood with just <em>one <\/em>school, and I certainly wouldn\u2019t call it neoclassical. That image of homo economicus is so far removed from current economic practice in research and education. Currently, papers with titles like <em>Who behaves irrationally and when? <\/em>are appearing in the best journals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs economics education one-sided? I don\u2019t think so. It has actually become increasingly diverse in recent years. Increasingly more attention is being paid to behavioural economics as well as insights from psychology and sociology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last ten, fifteen years, economics has become much more empirical. You also see a clear shift towards the field: there is much more research going on in collaboration with companies and other organizations, at the expense of theory development. I think that the process comes in waves: in the past, many complained that there was too much emphasis on theory, that economists were sitting in their ivory towers and were inwardly focused. Now you hear that economics is too empirical and that we need to concentrate more on theory development. I expect that, over the next ten or twenty years, more attention will once again be given to theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Pluralism is part and parcel of an academic study programme&#039;<\/h3><div data-component=core\/image><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09205446\/Brigitte-Hoogendoorn-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139064\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49637\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Brigitte Hoogendoorn<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Assistant professor <strong>Brigitte Hoogendoorn<\/strong>, Economics and IBEB programme coordinator and programme director of the honours class: \u201cIrene van Staveren\u2019s plea for more pluralism is justified. Multiple perspectives should be covered as part of an academic study programme, and pluralism is essential for that. I do think, however, that the economics curriculum is more diverse than Van Staveren suggests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory of economic thought, ethics, behavioural economics; these aspects are dealt with at several points in the curriculum. Behavioural economics is becoming increasingly important, and the outside world \u2013 the business community representatives in the advisory boards of our master\u2019s programmes \u2013 specifically calls for greater attention to be paid to ethics. I think those are developments in the right direction. It is certainly not the case that we only put forward neoliberalism and the homo economicus. That is often said about economists, but no economist believes it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is whether students are wanting to see more pluralism. It forms part of an academic study programme, but it\u2019s also good for students when someone tells them how it is. When I\u2019m teaching, I often notice that it is difficult to talk in a nuanced way about topics. Students then quickly get the impression that a teacher hasn\u2019t mastered the material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIrene van Staveren recently gave a guest lecture for our honours students. That is the perfect place to introduce these types of issues and to experiment. These students want and can do more, and were really listening and paying attention. I think it would also have an added value as an elective or as a major. It\u2019s hard to say whether pluralism should become even more embedded in the regular curriculum. 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