Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 13. June 11 1979

Options for Econ Students

Options for Econ Students

Sir,

I am a little sick of these woolie-woofters maoning about Econ 101. If they really are so keen to know about Marxist and Institutionalist economics why don't they sit in on stage III lectures when according to Dr Bertram these topics are covered? If a student is not just at varsity collecting credits, there is nothing to stop him / her from reading books with alternative views, which I find complement the trad, economics covered in lectures.

By the way, cynical friends have told me that students are only at varsity because they're too seared of going out into the real world. Perhaps cynical friends have their own axes to grind?

Karl.

P.S. If the 800 econ 101 students were really keen to know more about their subject a few me more than the 40 (5% of class) would be turning up to the special lectures. May I suggest that if Alternative Economics lectures were given as optional lectures, only the same 40 would turn up.