kids v. economists

Eric Beck rayrena at thing.net
Tue Feb 20 13:34:22 PST 2001


LF and DH wrote:


>As a field, economics has become increasingly hostile
>to unorthodox opinion in recent years, and virtually no
>seriously left-of-center economist has been hired by a
>major department in more than two decades.

So what's the reason for the dearth of hirings? Is it simply blacklisting? Or is there a shrinking pool, both quantitatively and qualitatively, of left-leaning people who study economics at the academy (have they all migrated to cultural studies, or started newsletters?)? Or is it a little of both?

Eric



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