Wonder not that the West is floundering in such grave economic straits. Nor that the post-Renaissance economics profession cannot “see” the true root cause of our Ship of State’s rotten planking.
From Economics Job Market Rumors, and a discussion thread entitled “Want an easy top pub[lication]?”:
Perhaps what is most troubling, is the 248:8 ratio of “Good” vs “No Good” votes from readers. Presumably, fellow economic / academic professionals.
Now, we should of course be mindful of the possibility that the “OP” (original poster) of the above may simply be “trolling”. In which case, the purported offer to sell his/her economic paper would be of somewhat less import.
What is of real import, quite irrespective of the sincerity or otherwise of the OP’s offer, is the comments of others in response.
These tell us all we need to know about the corrupt ethics of the economics professional class; those that have, for several centuries, given academic licence to a multiplicity of self-ish, amoral theories and belief systems, that have ultimately given us the present Global Financial Crisis:
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At least there are some in the economics profession who do still appear to have a functioning Conscience:
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And those with a cuttingly ironic sense of humour:
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Quite so.
The begged question that should need no answer is, “To whom?”
h/t MacroBusiness blogger and Twitterer, Rumplestatskin.
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