My Senior Seminar students will remember that we began and ended that course with Adam Smith. Throughout the course we connected various business topics with related non-business issues. The NY Times piece linked below has great insights about reading Darwin as an economist, in conjunction with Smith.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/business/darwin-the-market-whiz.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=darwin%20the%20market%20whiz&st=cse
Great Piece. Maybe we'll see that legislation someday, although I think we'll experience an economic sea change first.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte
ReplyDeleteLegislation may be a ways off, but you can bet the material will make it into my Sr Sem class!
Charlotte
ReplyDeleteHere's a related op-ed piece you may enjoy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/opinion/bruni-the-twisting-route-back-to-romney.html?hp
RJ