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That the study of economics has a strong connection to both capital and power while sociology is more academic/institutional and thus less influential.
by jahaja 10y ago
That the study of economics has a strong connection to both capital and power while sociology is more academic/institutional and thus less influential.
- dredmorbius 10y agoThis. In spades. J.K. Galbraith (an economist himself) has claimed largely the same himself, and he's hardly the only one (within the field). (Update) Some examples: https://unlearningeconomics.wordpress.com/tag/economists/ https://unlearningeconomics.wordpress.com/tag/economists/
- trendia 10y agoExcept for Stiglitz, Borjas, Piketty, etc.
- sdenton4 10y agoTrue dat. Economics has a number of reformers, in endless battle with an elite who make their names and fortunes by telling power what it wants to hear (and dressing it up with shamanistic differential equations to give the appearance of credibility).