Sci-jacking

Noah Smith assures us that Economics is free of Sci-jacking .

But an even broader point is that econ has always resisted being sci-jacked. Studies find that political bias exists, but is small in size. If you've spent much time in an econ department, you know this — economists generally bend over backward to avoid the appearance of politicization. It's impossible, of course, to completely expunge politics from one's opinions and priors and basic beliefs, but economists, in the main, seem to have done an admirable job of staying as politically neutral as humanly possible. Even Milton Friedman, who was a member of the Mont Pelerin society and the most prominent conservative activist in the profession, made an attempt to separate his assessment of the facts from his own opinions and desires. And the "leftward shift" I talked about in my BV article has been more pronounced in the public sphere — in academia, the shift has been only minor and muted, because any earlier rightward tilt was also only minor and muted.

In other words, econ was never in danger of falling prey to sci-jackers, the way anthropology has. The sci-jackers made a lot of noise and established a lot of think tanks and coined a lot of buzzwords, but their assault broke on the walls of academic objectivity. I think econ deserves a lot of credit for that fact.

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Here we have another example of the Capitalist ideological superstructure blinding the masses by promoting academic objectivity. Trust us, they say, because we are outside of the political system.

He cannot see that he is part of the system. His blindness has allowed him entry into it. His blindness is a political act and a political necessity. he would be unlikely to find employment otherwise.

By promoting neutrality, he has implied that there is no alternatives to Capitalism in Economic study. The assumptions of agent behaviour and formation can only be explained through Capitalist eyes.

He cannot see that the economic forces create the political reality which then sustains the economic separation between Capitalists and workers. This separation aligns the political structure with the Capitalists.

However, the ideological system of Capitalism requires egalitarism and meritocracy. The purpose of the ideological superstructure is to disguise this alignment of the state with the interests of the Capitalists by promoting the ideas of government neutrality, academic objectivity, press freedom, and artist freedom.