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Big ideas in Economics: a course based on the nobel laureates in Economics by Austen, Siobhan

“…Most of these experiences have been positive: they have provided me with some insights into students' perceptions of mainstream economics; what students would like to learn more about in economics; and the way in which big ideas can be presented in useful and meaningful ways. …”
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Navigating the Green Finance Landscape: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Exploration of Current Trends, Evolution, and Prospects by Rizvi, Noor, Adil, Adil, Kapuria, Cheshta, Iqbal, Thahani, Malik, Sakshi

“…We find that green finance research is predominantly led by scholars from developed economies, with publications primarily appearing in policy and environmental journals rather than mainstream economics or finance journals. Our analysis suggests three future research directions: a finance-centric approach, research from developing countries' perspectives, and anticipation of emerging challenges in this policy-driven field. …”
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Plain old disrespect: Explorations of recognition and motivation in care work by Austen, Siobhan, Jefferson, Therese

“…Existing mainstream economic models for investigating care work have generated limited insights. …”
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Constructing Policy Contributions from Critiques: Two Examples from Research into Australian Care Work by Jefferson, Therese

“…In both of these cases, the contributions of academic economists were centred on analyses of the inappropriate nature of mainstream economic assumptions for understanding key aspects of care work. …”
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Islamic economics education in Southeast Asian universities: an introduction by Barom, Mohd Nizam, Mohd Yusop, Mohd Mahyudi

“…In view of the importance of providing the necessary guidance in the integration and Islamization process in the discipline of economics, this book starts with four important chapters that discuss conceptual issues in Islamic economics education from its philosophical foundations, curriculum structure and design, as well as the relevant issues in the process of integrating Islamic heritage (al-turath al-Islami) into economics on one hand, and the process of Islamization of mainstream economics on the other. The strive for the continuous improvement of the quality of the teaching of Islamic economics also necessitates collective efforts and the sharing of knowledge and experience among academics and institutions involve in Islamic economics education. …”
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Never intended to be a theory about everything: Domestic labour in neoclassical and Marxian economics by Jefferson, Therese, King, J.

“…This article is a comparative study of the treatment of domestic labor by neoclassical and Marxian economists. Before 1960 mainstream economics concentrated on production for the market, with serious analysis of housework confined to a handful of economists, whose efforts in this regard were marginalized by economics departments but supported by departments of home economics. …”
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Investment practices of endowment funds in higher education: lessons for the developing world by Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil, Haneef, Mohamed Aslam

“…However, seen as a ‘public good’ and as an effective means of social mobility and development, ‘profit motivated private higher education’ raises many challenges such as its costs and access. While mainstream economics posit a public-private conflict model, a three sector model that has a positivecomplimentary role for the not-for-profit or voluntary sector offers not only an economically viable alternative, but an ethically superior one. …”
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Afta and economic growth: A study of the pioneering asean-5 members / James Paul by James, Paul

“…In contrast to the claims of mainstream economics, several other factors matter, including government policy and the success they enjoy in stimulating structural change from low to high value added activities.…”
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Impacts of government debt on output growth, private consumption and productivity in ASEAN-4 countries by Hajian, Hoda

“…Recently, as world government debt has reached unprecedented levels, the issue has been of particular focus among economists and policy makers. Although mainstream economics holds a negative view on the effects of high and increasing government debt, and the existing empirical panel studies tend to agree with that conclusion, the effect of moderate debt levels on emerging economies is rather ambiguous. …”
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Survey article : Islamic political economy by Choudhury, Masudul Alam

“…The budding field of Islamic political economy as premised on the epistemological roots of Divine Oneness as explained by the Qur'an and the Sunnah (guidance of the Prophet Muhammad) is explained. Several mainstream economic ideas are thus critically examined and their alternative treatment under Islamic political economy is expounded .The process-oriented model termed in this paper as the Shuratic process or the interactive, integrative and evolutionary process (IIE-process) is shown to be central to the methodology of the circular causation and continuity model of unified reality in Islamic political economy.…”
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Culture and wellbeing: the case of indigenous Australians by Dockery, Alfred Michael

“…Implicit in this tension is the view that attachment to traditional cultures and lifestyles is a hindrance to achieving ‘mainstream’ economic goals. Using data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, stronger attachment to traditional culture is found to be associated with enhanced outcomes across a range of socio-economic indicators. …”
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The holistic approach to property market analysis by Kamarudin, Norhaya, Ismail, Maziah

“…This paper argues on the relevance of adopting the institutional economic approach as an alternative approach to the mainstream economic approach for understanding the operation of the property market. …”
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Understanding links between gender and pay: An important role for heterodox economics by Jefferson, Therese, Austen, Siobhan

“…Sloan’s argument reflects the basis of standard mainstream economic analyses of gender and pay in Australia and internationally. …”
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Economic emergence: an evolutionary economic perspective by Foster, J., Metcalfe, Stan

“…We explore how the most economic of human behaviours, entrepreneurship, came to be largely excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast, we report that evolutionary economists have acknowledged the importance of understanding emergence and we explore the advances that have been made in this regard. …”
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Resilient community : transforming abandoned residence blocks of Sungai Pari Towers, Ipoh as catalyst to local community by Salleh, Nur Hafizah

“…They have been denied involvement in mainstream economic, political, cultural and social activities. …”
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A unified theory of the firm from tawhidic worldview: the views of mu’amalat management and economics scholars by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Ismail, Yusof, Abdul Sabian, Nur Arfifah

“…The theory of the firm subscribes to mainstream economic theories that emphasize on profit maximization and cost minimization. …”
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