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About CREARE

Posted October 6th, 2011 at at 2:22 pm by Editorial Staff under Culture, Summer School, Teaching.

Centre for REseach in ARts and Economics About the foundation CREARE in Uganda International programs

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Klamer’s graduation speech touches a student

Posted October 11th, 2010 at at 8:46 am by Editorial Staff under Teaching.

“At my graduation, Prof. Arjo Klamer came as a guest speaker (a well know university professor). He told the tale of Socrates and his teachings, at the time not realizing what he said, probably because of excitement, I only realized later he was trying to tell us; if you pay good attention and if teachers [...]

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Klamer’s speech to the 2010 graduating class of The International School, Hilversum

Posted September 10th, 2010 at at 1:14 pm by Editorial Staff under Teaching.

Klamer’s speaks to the graduates of International School Hilversum Pictured: Main hall at International School Hilversum School website “So please, take in the words of Socrates, that ugly and sometimes haughty and presumptuous philosopher … realize that you need real teachers, recognize them, and dare to learn from them. If you do, the world is [...]

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The Journal of Economic Issues commends Colander and Klamer’s Making of an Economist

Posted March 1st, 2010 at at 12:31 pm by Editorial Staff under Books, Other blogs, Teaching.

In “Teaching the Principles of Economics: A Proposal for a Multi-Paradigmatic Approach,” Janet Knoedler and Daniel Underwood say: “Buttressing their point is Colander and Arjo Klamer’s excellent survey of graduate students in economics, who complained that they were disappointed with … [continues at Questia.com (subscription required)]. Journal article by Janet T. Knoedler, Daniel A. Underwood; [...]

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Klamer provides a quote for EJW’s issue of “Intellectual Hazard: A Liberal Selection of Quotations”

Posted January 7th, 2010 at at 4:36 pm by Editorial Staff under Books, Other blogs, Teaching.

From Econ Journal Watch (6: 2, May 2009, p. 281) under the heading “Cynicism and Acquiescence” comes: Arjo Klamer (1990, 184) [The Making of an Economist]: ” ‘Of course this assumption is absurd,’ a well-known economist noted during a recent seminar, ‘but, hey, isn’t all we do absurd and utterly unrealistic?’ People laughed, and he [...]

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Journal article referencing Colander and Klamer’s Making of an Economist pointed to the need for Klamer’s new textbook

Posted December 27th, 2009 at at 2:33 pm by Editorial Staff under Books, Other blogs, Teaching.

In the Journal of Economic Issues (Vol. 37, 2003), “Teaching the Principles of Economics: A Proposal for a Multi-Paradigmatic Approach,” Janet Knoedler and Daniel Underwood said: “Buttressing their point is Colander and Arjo Klamer’s excellent survey of graduate students in economics, who complained that they were disappointed with … [article continues at Questia.com (subscription required)]. [...]

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Letters: A Textbook Case

Posted May 23rd, 2009 at at 6:23 pm by Editorial Staff under Teaching.

FOREIGN POLICY March/April 2008 Arjo Klamer Are French and German students being brainwashed to reject capitalism, despise the entrepreneurial spirit, and oppose globalization? Stefan Theil believes so (“Europe’s Philosophy of Failure,” January/February 2008). He lashes out at the presumably ill-informed and misleading economics curriculum in Europe. He even holds the economics teachers in Europe responsible [...]

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Klamer’s tekst in de examen Nederlands voor HAVO

Posted May 20th, 2009 at at 5:30 pm by Editorial Staff under Teaching.

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To know you need to do the work

Posted December 4th, 2008 at at 1:50 pm by Arjo Klamer under Academia Vitae, Teaching.

Easily gained insights do not stick In managing, planning, or organising, we appeal to numerous advisors, consultants, entertainers, coaches, and trainers to get experience, hone a skill, or find support. I suspect that all this activity is good for something even if it remains difficult to tell what that good means. At Academia Vitae we [...]

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What to say?

Posted September 25th, 2008 at at 12:14 pm by Arjo Klamer under Teaching.

What to say to the young fellow who does not see the fun of reading difficult texts. His preferred way of living is to work a little and spend as much time as possible with friends, drinking beer and watching movies. Why read, why study, why sit long evenings at a desk to work on [...]

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