Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism? The economist, the FT, and several other publications are very liberal leaning.
It's not an indication of something based on the field. It's actually annoying reading through shit, bias articles. Take for example:
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21693584-leaving-eu-would-hurt-britainand-would-also-deal-terrible-blow-west-real-danger
That would be grave news—and not just for Britain. A vote to leave would damage the economy, certainly in the short term and probably in the long run. (As financial markets woke up to the prospect, the pound this week fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 2009.) It would imperil Britain’s security, when threats from terrorists and foreign powers are at their most severe in years. And far from reclaiming sovereignty, Britons would be forgoing clout, by giving up membership of a powerful club whose actions they can influence better from within than without. Those outside Britain marvelling at this proposed act of self-harm should worry for themselves, too. Brexit would deal a heavy blow to Europe, a continent already on the ropes. It would uncouple the world’s fifth-largest economy from its biggest market, and unmoor the fifth-largest defence spender from its allies. Poorer, less secure and disunited, the new EU would be weaker; the West, reliant on the balancing forces of America and Europe, would be enfeebled, too.
They imply that:
>Britain would leave nato
>That the EU would straight up sanction them instead of letting them go to a trade partnership like several other countries do
>That market volatility evasion is a sign of long term economic consequences, even when there has is not a cent different in terms of trade revenue and taxes
>>1408141
>Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism?
Explain what you mean by liberalism.
Social liberalism?
Economic liberalism?
>>1408141
Idunno OP, why are Science Journals fact-leaning? Hmm
Because it's the establishment m8. You are allowed to say the USSR was an evil state but you're not allowed to criticize the EU.
Ok..you are allowed, but nobody will take your seriously. At least in my country.
Oh and please folks, stop making the anti-EU a left/right thing. Because every country is different. In my country the right wing parties are the ones that favour EU as opposed to the left wing parties which want out.
>>1408149
I don't know... whatever disregards economic performance and views economics as merely a servant to the people. Not ideal in times of globalism were it won't actually solve anything.
>>1408151
First of all
>Fact leaning social science
secondly
>Any of that is fact leaning
No other leader would try to attempt to sanction a country because they don't except immigrants.. it's political extortion. Britain would not be in any trouble right now if they joined the trade partnership instead of joining Europe.
>>1408171
accept*
>>1408141
>Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism?
It's been that way since Thatcher and Reagan. People hate tariffs and regulations now, that's just the world we live in. Liberalism is already starting to show some cracks though.
>>1408178
Are you confusing liberalism with libertarianism?
>>1408179
No but OP is confusing "liberalism" with classical liberalism
>>1408179
Are you confusing the erroneous American usage of the word to apply to socialist lefties with the original and technical meaning of the word?
>>1408141
>Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism? The economist, the FT, and several other publications are very liberal leaning.
Because the economic departments at the worlds top universities are heavily influenced by donors. Most of the worlds top universities get so much money from donors that they would be totally fine if they ended tuition and made all the classes free.
Neoliberal economics has become the "mainstream non-kooky" economics through the global elites using their donor influence and patronage to cause it to be the main thing taught in the worlds top schools and they did so because neoliberalism is the most effective school of thought for convincing the world to let to let them acquire control of the media, banks, foods, etc and subvert counties sovereignty all the while cloaking it in language of progressiveness so that anyone speaking out against it is forced into a position that makes it easy to label them as crazy, ignorant, backward etc.
>>1408179
No, libertarianism is a particular American brand of liberalism.
>>1408204
>Liberalism
Fugg government
>Libertarianism
Autistic American brand of liberalism
>Egalitarianism
"muh equality"
reality has a liberal bias
>>1408141
>I don't want to face the facts so I'll just assume this article is biased and blame it on the libruls
>even after it was already proved right
Get a load of this guy.
>>1408217
It pisses me off that I recognized pic related immediately.
>>1409260
Me too. My mind first registered it as the actual picture and only then did I realize it was actually a blur.
>>1409252
>I don't want to face the fact that anon faced the facts so i'm going to just assume that he didn't
>even though Britain is still trading with the EU and is still in NATO
>>1408171
>I don't know... whatever disregards economic performance and views economics as merely a servant to the people. Not ideal in times of globalism were it won't actually solve anything.
What? Do you know even understsnr what we're inquiring about?
He means: are you referring to European liberalism (no government control over the markets) or american liberalism (memes)?
>>1408141
>Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism?
The same reason the field of finance/investing leans to the right
Economists are typically not wealthy
Coincidence?
>>1409404
You are a very confused boy.
>>1408141
>Why is the field of economics bias towards liberalism?
Westerners assume they are the foundation of modern economic theory + market economics have mostly won out.
>The economist, the FT, and several other publications are very liberal leaning.
Yes because they are Western/American shill groups.
>>1409418
There are statistixs that might back his statement up.
>>1408141
>linking the economist
>thinking the economist is actually about economy
I learned this shit in highschool.
>>1409669
By researchers and sociologists that have bias. What is your point?
>>1408378
T. Paul Krugman
Actually reality tends to have a center-right bias which is liberal in the UK suppose.
>it's the neo-liberalism is bad thread
Proles.
>>1409710
It has many failings
>>1409710
This.
Lots of people are mistaken as to what neoliberalism actually is.
>>1409718
It's better than the alternatives desu.
Most problems occur with a botched implementation of neoliberalism things like privatisation which are good in theory but either politicians pit their hand in the pot ( I.e Russia in the 1990s, Putin et al looting ) or its only half done (I.e Californian energy crisis, it was part deregulated leading to perverse incentives that led to a worse outcome than before that would have probably worked fine if it was done fully ).
Please read this to clear up any misunderstandings about neoliberalism:
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2010/Sumnerneoliberalism.html
>>1409710
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2010/Sumnerneoliberalism.html
Please read
>>1409718
That sounds like commie talk to me, citizen
>he fell for the full employment meme
>>1409764
When managerial capitalism was created laissez-faire died.
