On the other hand, if they only come into contact with pure economic theory, they might come to think that economics is just the propaganda of the capitalist class and has no value to socialism. Moreover, western economic works can often cause people to misunderstand the characteristics of other systems. This can be seen for example, in the exaggeration of reports disadvantageous to socialist countries even to the point of outright falsehood. But I can't go more into detail about that here. Nonetheless, translating a U.S. college economics text for use by Chinese undergraduates is very interesting.
Some cynical historians say old scientific theories never die, only old scientists.
A real stunning difference in the life experience between those students in college reading Stiglitz and their elders. A 750 page dictionary on economic theories, theorists, terms, etc. I found my copy at the Sanlian Bookstore in Beijing.