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Αντιγράφω επιστολή αναγνώστη (καθηγητή των Οικονομικών) με τίτλο “Elite economics schools are a cosy echo chamber”, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Φαϊνάνσιαλ Τάιμς της 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024. Θα προσέθετα πως η εξαίρεση της μεθοδολογίας και της ιστορίας των οικονομικών ιδεών από τα curricula διδασκαλίας των Οικονομικών δυσχεραίνει την ιστορική επιστημονική αυτογνωσία των νέων οικονομολόγων και, πιθανώς, περιορίζει την πρακτική συμβολή τους.

“The concentration of the profession of economics in the hands of ‘elite’ schools is an intellectual tragedy (“Is economics in need of trustbusting?”, FT View, August 31). Ο αποκλεισμός της ιστορίας κλπ

The elite have closed the top journals to any ideas that are not formulated in ‘advanced’ mathematical terms. They have told authors who are investigating the broader philosophical or methodological or history-of-economics topics to go to other journals that specialise in these subjects. What they are really saying is: yours is not top-level work and should go into inferior journals. It was not always this way. Certainly pre-1975 or so, one could find a much greater variety of approaches in the major journals, including articles on the philosophy and history of economics.

The explanation for all this is complex, but surely one important factor is that those who dominate the profession today have built up a vast human capital which they will protect at all costs. They do not want to ‘confuse’ other economists or the public with fundamental challenges to their way of looking at the world. The methodological echo chamber is warm and cozy.”

Mario J Rizzo

Professor of Economics,

New York University, New York, NY, US

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