Re: [marxmail] THE D-ECON DATABASE: A RESPONSE TO THE MOST COMMON EXCUSE

2021-07-09 Thread Susan Redge MD via groups.io
Professor Wolff? > On Jul 9, 2021, at 10:45 PM, Dayne Goodwin wrote: > > Is there an 'objective science' of economics that could be presented > by scholars who are not "too white, too male, too Western-centric, and > too hostile to non-mainstream approaches"? > > Is it a matter of whether econo

Re: [marxmail] THE D-ECON DATABASE: A RESPONSE TO THE MOST COMMON EXCUSE

2021-07-09 Thread Dayne Goodwin
Is there an 'objective science' of economics that could be presented by scholars who are not "too white, too male, too Western-centric, and too hostile to non-mainstream approaches"? Is it a matter of whether economics if being presented by advocates for the working class, or the capitalist class,

[marxmail] THE D-ECON DATABASE: A RESPONSE TO THE MOST COMMON EXCUSE

2021-07-09 Thread Louis Proyect
*The Economics profession has long been too white, too male, too Western-centric, and too hostile to non-mainstream approaches. Today, a new tool – the D-Econ Database – is being launched to address this. * “All the women were busy.” “There are no people of color working on this topic.” “It’s