Debating the Socialist Calculation Debate: A Classroom Exercise

Autor/in	Zygmont, Zenon X.
Titel	Debating the Socialist Calculation Debate: A Classroom Exercise
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 37 (2006) 2, S.229-235 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
Schlagwörter	Free Enterprise System; Social Systems; Active Learning; Class Activities; Undergraduate Students; Economics Education; Debate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freie Wirtschaft; Social system; Soziales System; Aktives Lernen; Wirtschaftskunde; Debating; Streitgespräch
Abstract	The author describes a classroom exercise that introduces the Socialist Calculation Debate (SCD) to undergraduate economics students. The SCD concerns an issue that remains one of the most consequential of the 20th century--the belief in the superiority of socialism and central planning over capitalism and the free market. The exercise presents the SCD in an active learning atmosphere by requiring the students to read, interpret, and discuss the writings of three notable participants in the debate--Ludwig von Mises, Oskar Lange, and Friedrich Hayek. He discusses the format and objectives of the exercise, required and optional readings, and current relevance of the SCD. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10