Tag: environmental sustainability

ECI Modules Round-Up: Innovative Teaching Resources on Key Economic Issues

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By Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar The Economics in Context Initiative (ECI) has developed a series of teaching modules on various environmental and social issues in economics with the goal of advancing the teaching of economics to make it more relevant to understand real-world issues. These modules are grounded in reliable analysis of the world and the […]

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Comparative Economic Systems

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This module introduces the study of comparative economic systems, which is concerned with analyzing differences in economic institutions across societies. It defines different types of economic systems, considering how economic decisions are made and who owns productive assets. The two main types of economic systems—capitalism and socialism—are discussed in some detail along with the historical […]

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