Noah Smith writes, "...An audience of academics wouldn't know an Austrian from a Post-Keynesian." So he creates a presentation organized around the pettiness and cronyism of economists. (His post from last year had some problems. For example, he cannot tell the difference between a Marxist and an anarchist.) If Noah wanted, he could have attended a session in which Geoff Harcourt introduced him to some Post Keynesian ideas. But maybe such knowledge would be of no help to his career.
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Well, there are some self-described Post-Keynesians who are hard to tell from Austrians
I suppose G. L. S. Shackle was both. Among living economists, I like to think I could tell the difference just by looking at the references in their works.
Sure enough Shackle was in between Hayek and Keynes. But I think the problem goes beyond the inability of the mainstream to understand heterodox contributions. The problem is that kids like Noah don't get the history of the mainstream right.
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