Jim Devine wrote:
> "The department housed multiple sects of economics: Keynesianism,
> mercantilism, monetarism, Henry George single taxing, libertarianism,
> and neo-Marxism. There were Friedmanites, as well as gold and sliver
> nostalgists, flat taxers, and a non-repentant bi-metalist.”
> 
> Pluralism of this sort is rare in reality, except in small liberal
> arts colleges (which are too small to allow a lot of pluralism). Most
> economics departments at research universities in the US tend to be
> dominated by neoclassical economics. The ones that aren't (like the
> University of Notre Dame) are shut down.

I had the same reaction myself. As if you are going to find 
Marxism of any sort in economics departments, neo or ortho, except 
for a few scattered strongholds like Utah or U. of Mass...
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