Hi Geoff, Yes, I'd very much like a copy of the below-mentioned supplement. Also, if you still could send copies of the articles you have the students read (as we discussed earlier), I'd greatly appreicate that too. Thanks a lot, Janet At 04:22 PM 8/10/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Hey folks, > >Charles Sackrey, Janet Knoedler and I have recently completed a manuscript >entitled "Essays in Political Economy." The manuscript is intended to be >used as a supplement to a principles of economics course. The supplement >includes chapters on Marx, Veblen, Keynes, and Sweden (the chapter is >framed so that students see the practical application of the ideas of Marx, >Veblen and Keynes in Sweden's economic system), and a chapter that explains >to students the importance of studying political economy. > >Here is the table of contents: >Chapter 1: The Marxist System >Chapter 2: Thorstein Veblen on the Predatory Nature of Capitalism >Chapter 3: John Maynard Keynes >Chapter 4: The Middle Way: Swedish Democratic Socialism >Chapter 5: A Political Economy Critique of Mainstream Economics > >If you would like a copy, please send me your snail mail address. We have >used the chapters on Marx, Veblen and Sweden successfully in the classroom >and we believe the other chapters should also work. > >The manuscript came about because of our general dissatisfaction with the >textbooks out there. It is our hope that, with the help of others (many >thanks to Jim Craven for sharing his classroom exercises), we can >develop a significant body of teaching materials that can be used to offset >the drivel that passes for economics texts in most courses today . > >Cheers, > >Geoff Schneider > >Geoffrey Schneider >Assistant Professor of Economics >Bucknell University >Lewisburg, PA 17837 >Phone: (570) 577-3446 >Fax: (570) 577-3451 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web page: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gschnedr/ > >
