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To: The Faculty Members of the Harvard Economics Department
We, the undersigned, believe
that Harvard has a responsibility to provide its eight hundred introductory
economics students with a more balanced perspective than is currently offered
in Social Analysis 10: Principles of Economics, commonly known as Ec 10.
We are therefore delighted that Stephen Marglin, the Walter S. Barker Professor
of Economics, has proposed to teach a one-semester alternative introductory
microeconomics class. This proposed class will cover the same material as the
first semester of Ec 10 and use the same text as Ec 10 does, but it will
attempt a better balance and coverage of a broader spectrum of views in the
Readings/Workbook. It will also examine the assumptions of economics
critically, so that students can assess the limits as well as the strengths of
economics. Taken with the second semester of Ec 10, we believe that students
would receive a solid introduction to the principles of economics.
We believe that a liberal arts education should not only teach students the
accepted modes of thinking, but also challenge students to think critically and
deeply about conventional truths. In the spirit of a liberal-arts education, we
urge the esteemed members of the Harvard Economics Department to approve
Professor Marglin's proposed course.
Sincerely,
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