Principles of Neoliberalism Informing the Teaching of Undergraduate Economics Curriculum

Beatrice Ngulube

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Principles of Neoliberalism Informing the Teaching of Undergraduate Economics Curriculum

Beatrice Ngulube

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Neoliberal work has been absolutely brilliant and was created with people with a purpose that is the reason why it managed to have such a huge audience. Additionally neoliberalism is the powerful and dominant ideology shaping the world today, as we are living in an age of neoliberalism with its emphasis on transferable and flexible skills on curricula. Critics on the other hand, including feminist economists have mentioned that the theory negates social and environment responsibility, other researchers also argue that neoliberalism benefits advanced nations when they invest abroad. Thus, neoliberalism is taken to be a major obstacle to democracy in that it reduces social regulation and actively frustrates policy initiatives in several areas like, the expansion of literacy and education and health care programs, which require the role of the public sector. However, the goal of this research is to find out if neoliberalism is influencing the teaching of economics. The research employed a qualitative research method through the use of interviews. Interview data revealed that neoliberalism is not a problem; the problem is inequality which needs to be dealt with. It is recommended that more research is needed on how to generate economic growth without widening the gap between the rich and the poor not to fight against neoliberalism principles. The other suggestion is to identify a problem and bring a solution rather than concentrating on criticisms. Therefore, research should be geared towards addressing problems which are hindering economic growth.

Published in	Innovation (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.innov.20220301.14
Page(s)	18-25
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Neoliberalism Principles, Economics, Undergraduate Curriculum

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Department of Mathematics Science and Business Education, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

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