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0 pointsbee_rider7mo ago0 comments

Economics involves studying how the economy should be managed, it is an inherently political field. Declaring one school political and another non-political is itself a political sleight of hand.

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cjbgkagh7mo ago

> Declaring one school political and another non-political

If I were to make a distinction it would be that Austrian is a Positive Theory and Neo-Keynesian is a Normative theory, and I think it’s fair to say that normative theories are more open to political influence than positive ones.

hapless7mo ago

One school consists of every university in the world. The other school is George Mason University, and, uh, the John Birch Society.

luther077mo ago

Also Grove City College has been dedicated to the Austrian School since 1956 apparently, when they hired Hans Sennholz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sennholz

mothballed7mo ago

I'm pretty sure UNLV still has Hoppe and they only let go of Rothbard because he died. Which pairs pretty well with the pretty laissez-faire roots of Nevada.

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