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Robert Garnett

Robert Garnett, Ph.D.

Professor

817-257-4693 Scharbauer Hall 4102

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal ArtsEconomics
  • Financial History /
  • Economic Philosophy

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1994
BA, Economics with Highest Honors, College of William and Mary, 1984

Courses Taught

Current
History of Economic Thought
Contending Perspectives in Economics
Junior Honors Seminar
Senior Honors Thesis

Previous
Senior Seminar in Economics
Mathematical Economics
Research Methods in Economics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Freshman Seminar, “Economics and Contemporary Issues”
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics (Honors)
Principles of Microeconomics

Areas of Focus

History and Philosophy of Economics, Economics of Philanthropy, Economics Education

  • “Adam Smith’s Oikeiōsis Revisited,” Adam Smith Review, volume 10, 2017

  • Knowledge, Class, and Economics: Marxism without Guarantees, Theodore Burczak and Richard McIntyre, co-editors, Routledge 2017

  • Commerce and Community: Ecologies of Social Cooperation, Paul Lewis and Lenore Ealy, co-editors, Routledge, 2014

  • “Big Think: A Model for Critical Inquiry in Economics Courses” (with KimMarie McGoldrick), Journal of Economic Education, 44 (4): 389-398, 2013

  • Economic Pluralism, Erik Olsen and Martha Starr, co-editors, Routledge, 2009

  • Future Directions for Heterodox Economics, John Harvey, co-editor, University of Michigan Press, 2008

  • “Paradigms and Pluralism in Heterodox Economics,” Review of Political Economy 18 (fall): 521-546, 2006

  • What Do Economists Know? Routledge, 1999
  • “Against Benevolence: Adam Smith’s Economics of Care,” Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economics, University of Richmond, June 2015
  • “Is There Room for Pluralism in Economic Textbooks and Classrooms?” Eastern Economics Association annual meetings, New York, February 2015
  • “After Samuelson: Liberal Education for Economists,” American Economic Association annual meetings, Boston, MA, 2-5 January, 2015
  • “Commerce and Beneficence: Adam Smith’s Unfinished Project,” History of Economics Society meetings, University of Quebec at Montreal, June 20-22, 2014
  • “Educating for Freedom: An Austrian-Feminist Pedagogy,” International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics, 3rd triennial conference, Amherst, MA, November 2011
  • “Big Think: A Model for Critical Inquiry in Economics Courses” (with KimMarie McGoldrick), Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, Denver, CO, January 2011
  • “Pluralism, Academic Freedom, and Heterodox Economics,” Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 2009
  • Finalist, Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Teacher and Scholar, 2015
  • Warren Samuels Prize, awarded by the Association for Social Economics, “Finding Ourselves in the Classroom: Reflexive Pedagogy for Economists,” January 2015
  • Deans’ Teaching Award, Texas Christian University, December 2013
  • Phi Beta Kappa, College of William and Mary, 1983

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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