On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Paul Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Pen-L ers, > *MBA Macro:* I want a Political Economy & non-neoclassical Ecological > Economic Crisis approach. > Two of my books might be worth considering, though maybe as supplemental texts. "Solving the Climate Crisis Through Social Change" shows how inequality, injustice and militarism are at the root of the climate crisis - leading to the types of waste that cause both the climate crisis and most other ecological crisises. Very much a political economy approach. Though not neo classical - it does use some neo-classical "market failure" analysis as a starting point to move beyond neo-classical analysis. Sort of assuming many readers will already be in the trap and showing how to get out from the inside. It would have to be a very unconventional class indeed to use it as the main text, though I can imagine such a class. But it would be very handy as a supplemental text. You can find out more about it at http://stcc.be/ . It is available though Amazon, Barnes and Noble and I also believe my publisher Praeger Press has a department that deals directly with college bookstores. If you cannot otherwise get it at a satisfactory discount, you can always go through me. Also, if it is too much as a supplemental text, I also have a graphic version of the same book, a picture book for grownups "Cooling a Fevered Planet", which is full color graphics with small amounts of text. Although that also is available though Amazon, you or your bookstore can get the best price on "Cooling a Fevered Planet" through me. http://stcc.be/GraphicVersion.html > The last I taught MBA Macro was in 2009 and I assigned Krugman Depression > Economics, Galbraith, Crash of 29, and Goodwin Macro, with supplements of > UNDP MDGs, Jeffrey Sachs and Ecological Economics articles. I used Goodwin, > because most of our MBA students are adults very rusty or never had > economics. I taught as if they were in a think tank, with each team taking > up a historical example of economic crisis, and informing the group what > lessons were to be had for the the 2008-09 Great Recession onset. > Any video of film ideas? I've used interviews of Simon Johnson and William > Black before from Bill Moyers. > > *Poverty & Inequality. What's new, what's better?* (advanced undergrads, > Econ, cross listed with African, Latin American, Social Justice & Urban > Studies) > Most of my 2010 students found Wolff book textbook boring. In 2009 my > students were disappointed with Unlevel Playing Fields. In 2009 my student > reviews asked for more empirical skills, so I added the Handbook on > Inequality to 2010. Unfortunatly, the Handbook works best with STATA, and > we have SPSS, Gretl and R at my schoo. > In 2010 I assigned: > Wolff, Edward N., 2009, Poverty & Income Distribution, Wiley, and Wealth > Inequality Reader (2009), Dollars & Sense; > Alternative Texts to Wolff (or supplement): Handbook of Poverty & > Inequality, 2009, World Bank or Albeda, Randy, et al., 2009, Unlevel > Playing Fields, 3rd ed, Dollars & Sense. > Alternative Texts to Wealth Inequality Reader: Real World Latin America, > 2008, Dan Fireside, et al, Dollars & Sense.& NACLA or Real World Labor, > Dollars & Sense. http://dollarsandsense.org/ > Supplemental Texts (referred to in class, optional for more in-depth study > with class project). Poverty, Aid & the Environment: End of Poverty, > Jeffrey Sachs. Penguin. Poverty Experts & Case Studies: Why Global Poverty? > Think Again. A Companion Guide to the Film "The End of Poverty?" 2009, > Clifford W. Cobb and Philippe Diaz, published by the Robert Schalkenbach > Foundation http://www.theendofpoverty.com/companion_book.html > > *Statistics (Fall-Spring) & Econometrics (Spring).* > Most of my Statistics students are from the business school. I teach with > a practical hands on empirical approach with software day one. We have > SPSS, Gretl and R. (I like STATA best, but its not on the lab computers.)I > have yet to find a good affordable book. I've been using Burns, R.B. & > Burns, R.A. (2008/9) Business Research Methods and Statistics Using SPSS, > SagePub.com > I like Stock & Watson best for Econometrics, but would like other > recommendations. > > While we are at it, in the Spring I will likely teach *Economic > Development*. I like Chang, Rethinking Development, but its getting a bit > dated. I supplement with Ecological Economics. I don't like any textbooks > for this course. They are advanced undergrad Econ, cross listed with > African, Latin American, Social Justice & Urban Studies. > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com
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