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            1. …in reply to @DinaPomeranz
              @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel The more I think about it, the more I wonder if economics is captured by a small minority coming from powerful places who control the top journals, the AEA, the NBER, etc. I’m not saying it’s the case, I’m wondering if it could be.
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            @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel But to me it’s an appealing explanation as it answers a lot of questions asked by Erin (and Ockham’s razor is doing the rest).
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          @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel - Why is economics so hierarchical? → don’t say anything on that - Why do economists allow it to be so hierarchical? → because those in control have the power to dismiss any substantial tentative to change it
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        @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel - What mechanisms allow the hierarchy to persist? → those at the top of the hierarchy (and who benefits from it) have the power to maintain the hierarchy - What particular purpose does the hierarchy serve? → the reproduction of those who benefits from it
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      @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel - Does that purpose serve some "greater good"? → it’s a purely personal point of view but to me, the way this hierarchy is currently working is making econ drifting away from the scientific method: ideas aren’t selected on their merit, but on the resume of those who say them.
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    @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel The "true" scientific method supposes that ideas are judged on their ability to explain the real world. According to the odds of getting published in top journals or being recognized if you’re from a non-top institution, we are very from this "ideal" state of ideas competition.
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      @DinaPomeranz @erinhengel Also, a clarification: I have not precisely defined who is at the top of the hierarchy, and it’s on purpose. Because I am not sure who this is, and I don’t want to be unfair or plainly mistaken.
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