TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how including the Greek financial crisis in teaching introductory macroeconomics benefits students.Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on the responses of a recent survey administered to students at a university in Greece.Findings An eclectic approach that distinguishes various economic theories and methodologies, mainly neoclassical and Keynesian, can provide a pedagogical way of teaching introductory macroeconomics, allowing students to use their everyday personal experiences in determining the most “suitable” theory in explaining the crisis.Originality/value To the author’s knowledge, such an exercise of discovering students’ perceptions of teaching an introductory macroeconomics Substitute with course during the global financial crisis has not yet been attempted.
VL  - 46
IS  - 8
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/IJSE-09-2017-0421
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-09-2017-0421
AU  - Marangos John
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Teaching introductory macroeconomics during the Greek financial crisis
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1032
EP  - 1045
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -