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The Toxic Culture of the Economics Profession

Economics is the king of social sciences, but it's more Joffrey than Jon Snow (I've been reading the GoT books and will not apologise for this reference). Thanks to @Big Joel, @Merrick Deville, @Socialism Done Left, @Mexie, @Chill Goblin, @We're In Hell, @Money & Macro, Maeve Cohen, and @Hobbie Stuart Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:51 The Superiority of Economists 10:47 The Curse of the Top 5 23:44 Women in Economics 31:59 Toxic Economist-icity 40:20 Econ-cels 54:22 Detoxifying Economics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unlearneconomics Twitter: http://twitter.com/UnlearnEcon Discord: https://discord.com/invite/jy8CNzDsgf Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnlearningEconomics/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/unlearningeconomics Produced by Hobbie Stuart Animations by Grim Friberg Artwork by Jacob Cob © 2022 Unlearning Economics I am an academic economist from the UK who has long been critical of the economics profession and how economics is used in public policy. Mostly the channel will cover economics with a critical perspective but I aim to educate people about economics in the process, so I'll try to explain key concepts and ideas along the way. That way, even if you disagree with aspects of the videos you will hopefully learn something from them. Subscribe for more! References (in rough order of appearance) On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change, Weitzman Martin Weitzman, Virtuoso Climate Change Economist, Dies at 77, NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/business/energy-environment/martin-weitzman-dead.html Economic Imperialism, Lazear has the following abstract: An Influential Think Tank Suggested That Harm Reduction Doesn't Work, Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy7ke9/brookings-institution-suggested-that-harm-reduction-doesnt-work Research roundup: What does the evidence say about how to fight the opioid epidemic? Doleac et al https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/12/07/research-roundup-what-does-the-evidence-say-about-how-to-fight-the-opioid-epidemic/ The Superiority of Economists, Fourcade et al Inside Job or Deep Impact? Extramural Citations and the Influence of Economic Scholarship, Angrist et al ‘The Curse of the Top 5’ panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqdKMQNXM2A Publishing and Promotion in Economics: The Tyranny of the Top Five, Heckman & Moktan An example of the "Tyranny of the top five", Judd https://sites.google.com/site/commentsoneconomics/introduction/an-example-of-the-tyranny-of-the-top-five Staying at the Top: The Ph.D. Origins of Economics Faculty, Jones and Sloan Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem, Bayer and Rouse Women in economics: moving up or falling off the academic career ladder?, Ginther and Kahn Women in economics: Stalled progress, Lundberg and Stearns CSWEP reports, AEA https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=6388 Economics is a disgrace, Sahm http://macromomblog.com/2020/07/29/economics-is-a-disgrace/ Economics truly is a disgrace, Sahm https://macromomblog.com/2020/12/01/economic-truly-is-a-disgrace/ Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work, Heather Sarsons Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work, Sarsons et al If Women Counted, Marilyn Waring Speed Dating for Economists, NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/05/05/527087730/episdoe-769-speed-dating-for-economists How Is This Paper Philosophy?, Dotson For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open, NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/business/economy/economics-women-gender-bias.html Gender Trouble, Judith Butler Everyone’s Getting Tired Of Shitty Viral Tweets About Men, Holden https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/ugh-men-bad-viral-tweets Gender And The Dynamics Of Economics Seminars, Dupas et al Incels, Contrapoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0 Ben Harrell EJMR thread: https://twitter.com/elben/status/1431855872725110784 Gender Stereotyping in Academia: Evidence from Economics Job Market Rumors Forum, Wu Graduate Student Mental Health: Lessons from American Economics Departments, Barreira et al Killing EJMR, Campbell https://jimdcampbell.com/2017/08/28/killing-ejmr/ Killing EJMR Redux, Campbell https://jimdcampbell.com/2020/06/20/killing-ejmr-redux/ Biden’s Federal Reserve Nominee Lisa Cook Is Facing A Racist Smear Campaign, Terkel https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lisa-cook-federal-reserve-nominee-racist-criticism_n_61f367eee4b02de5f516fa2a How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession, Bayer et al Money & Macro inflation vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEZsgAgYDhw&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2pr9Gmvbo&list=PLGbVoSdwvesCls2hE7dUrHPrsFJiIA4_6&index=3 Chicago exam q: https://twitter.com/neocentrist/status/1491587498245558274