On this list I have seen people saying that heterodox economics departments are fading out for various reasons (external pressure from the university and other economists, most heterodox economists were trained in the 60s or 70s and are now retiring, etc...)
Is this for real, or just excessive gloom? If its the former, how widespread is this and how quick is it happening? Will the ability to get into a heterodox department for grad school decrease significantly from one year to the next? I am quite interested in this because I hope to go to a heterodox grad school. I can probably finish a BA in economics in either 1 year or 2 years, and would probably prefer the latter unless it would be significantly more difficult to get in 2 years from now rather than 1.
