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Economics roundup

James Angresano (Albertson): Orthodox Economic Education, Ideology and Commercial Interests: Relationships that Inhibit Poverty Alleviation. Economist’s surveys suggest that profession’s laissez faire system of fighting scholarly cheating fails if breaches don’t get reported or punished. A review of The Antitrust Religion by Edwin S. Rockefeller. The introduction to Robustness by Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas J. Sargent. From Monthly Review, an article on emotionomics: A noteworthy "revelation" of market totalitarianism. From The Mises Institute, Brad Edmonds on the (free) market for corporate control. Across Europe, think tanks are promoting free-market ideals. Burn the rich: Is it "apartheid" to pay for extra fire protection?