ISIPE

The ISIPE network has made a survey analyzing 347 bachelor of economics from France, Chile, Israel, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Mexico City, Turkey, Argentina, Italy, Germany and Uruguay. It shows that curricula worldwide are focused on math/macro/micro, which means that students mainly study the tools an economist uses without really understanding economic problems debated everyday in the media. Moreover, it shows a blatant lack of pluralism: the importance of microeconomics and macroeconomics indicates that bachelor's degrees focus on the neo-classical theory. At the same time, students cannot develop their critical thinking, as reflexive subjects such as history of economic thought or economic ethics are quasi non-existent. The situation is not much better for interdisciplinary courses and economic history.