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The state of economics

Olivier Godechot (CNRS): How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution? From Economic Sociology, a special issue of new institutional economics. Nudge thyself: Economists have more to learn from the natural sciences if they are to claim a realistic model of human behaviour. There are now so many versions of "what's wrong with the economics profession" that, with apologies to V.S. Naipaul, Arnold Kling could describe the state of economics as one of a million mutinies. Rethinking how we teach economics: What have we learned in the last five years that should be imparted upon future generations of economists? A review of The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History by Francesco Boldizzoni. Justin Fox on the (many) things macroeconomists don't know. Brad DeLong is increasingly embarrassed by his profession — why do you ask? You’ve probably never heard of Walter Weyl, but he invented the role of liberal economics popularizer — his literary descendants include Stuart Chase, John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul Samuelson, and Paul Krugman. Our most widely ignored public intellectuals: Why don't those in power listen to economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman?