Interesting. Urbana had a top flight econ department during the McCarthy years, but ....
Solberg, Winton U. Solberg and Robert W. Tomilson. 1997. "Academic McCarthyism and Keynesian Economics: The Bowen Controversy at the University of Illinois." History of Political Economy, 29: 1 (Spring): pp. 55-81. They describe how Howard Bowen and some distinguished Keynesians tried to build a distinguished program, but ran into resistance from some conservatives in the department. They drummed up right wing political support for their protest, causing all the Keynesians to depart. Louis Proyect wrote:
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/20/illinois. Hoover in the Heartland Is it an “academy” or a “fund"? The name of the new Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund could be read either way. And the way people at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are reading the name has something to do with how they view it.
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com
