Vielfalt verantworten. Auswege aus der geistigen Monokultur der Ökonomie

In der Einleitung zum Sammelband "Wirtschaft neu lehren - Erfahrungen aus der pluralen, sozioökonomischen Hochschullehre" stellen die Autor:innen die Motivation des Projektes dar: Die wirtschaftlichen Krisenphänomene und aktuellen Herausforderungen müssen auch die ökonomische Hochschullehre verändern. Sie legen dar, wie eine neue Generation von Ökonom:innen dieses bereits für die VWL und die Lehramtsfächer praktziert, und wagen hieraus erste Schlüsse zu ziehen.

The goal of this course is to explore these differences in economic outcomes observed among women and men, measured by such things as earnings, income, hours of work, poverty, and the allocation of resources within the household. It will evaluate women’s perspectives and experiences in the United States and around the world, emphasizing feminist economics.

Firms are the primary places where economic activity takes place in modern capitalist economies: they are where most stuff is produced; where many of us spend 40 hours a week; and where big decisions are made about how to allocate resources. Establishing how they work is hugely important because it helps us to understand patterns of production and consumption, including how firms will react to changes in economic conditions and policy. And a well-established literature – led by post-Keynesians and institutionalists – holds that the best way to determine how firms work is to…wait for it...ask firms how they work. This a clearly sensible proposition that is contested in economics for some reason, but we’ll ignore the controversy here and just explore the theory that springs from this approach.

This is a good introduction to Austrian Economics for laypeople. It slowly develops the school's core principles from the thinking of its founders, all the way to key thinkers to integrate both macro and microeconomics into one coherent whole.