Rod Hill

As an undergrad taking ECON 101, I suffered from the illusion that the textbook was correct, although, as an engineer, I hated that the basic models and assumptions were so obviously flawed. Although I didn't go into the field, I can imagine that after so many years of drinking the Koolaid of rational people, perfect knowledge and perfect competition, people start to believe this stuff, even though there is no empirical basis for it.

This "anti-textbook" serves to poke holes in the common introductory economics textbooks, and raises the questions of why so many books are structured the way they are, and why they omit certain material. This book may not be an eye-opener if you're well read on economic affairs and the problems with the neoliberal model, but it looks at things through the lens of an intro to economics course, which is probably a new prospective.… (mehr)