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31 sats \ 12 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Oct \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
I will defend my colleagues, slightly. As bad as mainstream economics may seem, most of them do not think the standard Democrat economic platform makes any sense. They are Democrats for two main reasons: 1) they're socially liberal and 2) they're technocrats.
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53 sats \ 10 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22 Oct
It could be that they are just surrounded by the leftists at their institutions (whichever they may be). It would be very difficult to maintain a contrarian attitude successfully in those conditions, especially if you depended upon the institution for your daily bread. Sometimes, you just can’t help yourself.
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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Oct
Even mainstream economists don't mind being perceived as having controversial views by their colleagues. The difficulty is in how constrained the range of opinions is that they're exposed to.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22 Oct
If you even hint that you do not to the Party line, the other profs and HR are on you like files on kaka. That is how they keep other economists in line. Being an Austrian is very difficult under most of these circumstances.
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31 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Oct
Certainly on some topics.
The difficulty for Austrians has more to do with not being able to publish in the top journals, which is all departments really care about.
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59 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22 Oct
There are some rare places to publish for Austrians, mostly connected to Moses Institute.
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38 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct
Mises Institute isn't considered an academic journal?
Certainly not one that leads to promotions and tenure?
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22 Oct
Moses Institute has several academic journals, however, to get mainstream economists and most university departments to acknowledge them is a different matter. Most university economics departments are mainstream economics.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct
And publishing decisions are never political lol
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct
Peer pressure for sure
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22 Oct
It isn’t even just peer pressure. It is pressure from HR, administrators and students, too. cancel culture is cancel culture and it won’t stop until everyone can say NO.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct
Maybe it’s career suicide to be right wing in academia
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