Our publications.
At Rethinking Economics NL, we like to talk about big ideas on reforming the Dutch economics curricula. But we also back these claims!
Since 2015, we have published two main research projects.
1) Thinking like an economist? : A quantitative analysis of economics bachelor curricula in the Netherlands (2017) (must-read!)
2) Economics Education Website (2019)
Reports from previous years
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2020-2021
The reports regrading projects and collaborations for the year 2020-2021 can be found by clicking on the link below.
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2021-2022
The reports regrading projects and collaborations for the year 2021-2022 can be found by clicking on the link below.
Our philosophy
Economic ideas rule the world.
Elections are won and lost on the topic of ‘the economy’. Politics and policymaking are conducted in the language of economics. In short, economists are the predominant technocrats of our time.
But how are economists made?
How do they, as economics students, learn to see the world? The Rethinking Economics student movement has done a comprehensive curriculum review of all undergraduate economics courses in the Netherlands. The Economics Education website presents the results of that analysis.
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This website also presents material, ideas, debate and inspiration to help open up academic economics education, and a discussion platform on how to best organize the education of new economists
What we’ve done so far:
Thinking like an economist?
In 2017, The Rethinking Economics student movement has done a comprehensive curriculum review of all undergraduate economics courses in the Netherlands.
This amounted to a 113 page colored report excl. appendix !
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Economics Education
In 2019, the founders of Rethinking Economics NL created a standalone website called Economics Education.
At the center of the debate about the economics curriculum lies the fundamental but often forgotten question:
What should be the purpose of an academic economic education?
In our view, its core purpose should be to help students understand how the economy works.
Economics Education is thus a project which seeks to reinvigorate the core assumptions about economic education.
We offer learning material about economic approaches through video, academic articles and book suggestions among others.
We went on-stage too!
This is the first part of our evening during the Economics Education Week on December 12th 2016.
Joris Tieleman provided the introduction, after which Maarten Kavelaas and Francis Ostermeijer presented the first results of our curriculum research.