Hi, Larry - good to see you in Syracuse.

I entered grad school in Berkeley, 1948, and there were three required
courses in theory: micro, macro, and distribution. Two other requisites were
Economic History, European and American.

In 1947 Art Leigh was teaching History of Thought to undergrads at Reed
College (and doing it very well). Art had trained at the U of Chicago during
the war (4-F, bad eyesight). 

Mason

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Subject: [SHOE] Question about micro vs macro classes

I am working on a book about model building and wanted to note when separate

micro and macro classes were first taught. I have asked many senior
economists 
starting with Ken Arrow and Dick Lipsey and accept for Ken remembering that
he 
taught one in 1949, not much else has been uncovered.

I looked at my undergraduate and graduate catalogs but these only show 
recognition in the early 1960 (interestingly, not the earliest ones but only
in 
the year I graduated).

The question now is when did separate and explicitly micro and macro courses

first appear in an economics curriculum (not counting business cycles type 
course)? Obviously in the 1940s in North America (but Dick thinks only in
the 
1950s in Great Britain) -- but where and what year? Any ideas? Does anyone
have 
a catalog or calendar that lists separate courses in the 1940s?

Regards,

LB


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Lawrence A. Boland, FRSC
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC Canada V5A-1S6
ph: 778-782-4487, web: http://www.sfu.ca/~boland