Edward Fullbrook is the founder and editor of the Real-World Economics Review, a founder and executive director of the World Economics Association, and currently visiting professor at the University of the West of England. His specialisms are methodology and the conceptual foundations of economics. He has edited numerous collections, including Intersubjectivity in Economics: Agents and Structures (2002), A Guide to What’s Wrong with Economics (2004), Real World Economics (2007), Pluralist Economics (2008), Ontology and Economics (2009), and Crash: Why it happened and what to do about it (2009). He is also a specialist in French existentialist philosophy, on which he has published many papers and co-authored three books.

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Toxic Textbooks

Article | Nov 7, 2011

Toxic Textbooks

Article | Nov 7, 2011

The Toxic Textbooks movement devotes energy to curriculum reform as well. Its purpose is to galvanize student protests and “encourage schools and universities to use economics textbooks that engage honestly with the real world.”