I don't like replying to myself but I forgot to say that when NYU eliminated history of thought and economic history (because students needed more econometrics and math) it was the Austrians that fought it; even Baumol and Leontief allegedly went along with the majority (I don't know about Jim Becker*). This was also around the time that one of Don Lavoie's former students was denied tenure by NYU, meaning the Austrian program there would die out when Kirzner and Mario Rizzo retired. mf
*Funny story about the Marxist Jim Becker. Reportedly, when he applied to NYU in the fifties they said to him, "You're not one of those Keynesians, are you?" and he said "Oh, no, no, not at all!" and they hired him. Forstater, Mathew: As I said, I was also invited to GMU as well as the NYU Austrian seminar, they knew in advance that I would be critical of Austrian and have very different policy views. Both seminars were very well attended (Israel Kirzner came to the NYU one), we had great discussions, etc. On the other hand, I have never been invited to present at the New School (my alma mater) even though I have done research on Heilbroner and Adolph Lowe (Heilbroner's teacher), nor have I ever been invited to any of the other (progressive, leftish) heterodox grad schools, with the exception of Utah. Go figure. Perelman, Michael: >Sean mentioned that he was surprised that I was invited to GMU. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
