I am always rather enthusiastic about student-led projects...
I am always rather enthusiastic about student-led projects related to heterodox economics. For once, it’s always great to see young people engage with some material and develop their own take on a subject. For another, students often have a good intuition for how to get things across and get a different hearing than (more or less) established academics do, in short: they have an impact.
A good, recent example for the latter aspect is the website exploring-economics.com, which offers a fresh take on an old problem, namely how to get acquainted and familiar with the conceptual alternatives to the mainstream economic narratives. You will find that the site profits from an intuitive design and points interested readers to a series of accessible videos, short texts and massive open online courses and is, thereby, highly useful for giving students pointers to answer the question “where to start” their scholarly activities.
Having said that, it does not come as a surprise that I am a big fan of generalist and pluralist introductions to economics offered online. A good example - a novel online course to “Economics from a pluralist perspective” - can be found here. In case you have additional suggestions for innovative websites and online courses on heterodox or critical economics, please let us know by writing to newsletter@heterodoxnews.com.
Many thanks, all the best and have fun with a spectacular and voluminous newsletter issue,
Jakob