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Oh yeah, also, most political economists don't know squat about culture or
the psychic life of power, and are often hostile to the effort of
understanding it, denouncing it as mystical or decadent. And most cultural
radicals, Marxist or not, don't know squat about political economy - the
name Jameson comes quickly to mind. One of the reasons I started this list
was to get these two groups to talk to each other, since I think this
mutually reinforcing ignorance is bad for intellectual and political life.
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To paraphrase a famous Nazi:
When I hear the word "culture" I reach for my econometrics software!
I hated taking economics courses for precisely the reasons Doug states. Moreover, (I believe) the discipline self-selects against those with a broader view/experience of life. For example, how many "lapsed" musicians and artists are there in the AEA???
Jason