Is Economics a Closed Shop?

posted by Lyric Hughes Hale on January 10, 2016 - 4:49pm

The ranking of the world's leading economists has remained essentially unchanged since 2006. Post-2008, we are hearing from the same people, mostly white males now in their 60's. Federico Fubini asks, "Might the world’s leading economists be so keen to protect their own ideas that they ignore (or, worse, stifle) innovation from unexpected quarters?"

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/top-economists-rankings-unchanged-by-federico-fubini-2016-01#xvMMvKQ1LfCp9BU4.99​