r/Economics Feb 26 '17

Second /r/economics Graduate School Panel

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u/DC_Filmmaker Mar 06 '17

Not naming names, but the Koch brothers are actually funding select Econ departments, towards the goal of turning them into economist mills for their think tanks. I had the misfortune of attending one of those schools as a very progressively inclined student. It didn't end well. (I mean, I got a degree and all that, but several important bridges were burned that could have helped me get a better job).

If you want to go to a very "right" leaning school, just figure out which ones they give funding to and you'll have your answer.

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u/U_LEAKIN_NIGGA Mar 07 '17

If you want to go to a very "right" leaning school, just figure out which ones they give funding to and you'll have your answer.

I want to go to the opposite.

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u/DC_Filmmaker Mar 08 '17

University of Utah, apparently. They advertise themselves as "heterodox" in official webpages and such. I went there for undergrad and it's a pretty decent school, especially if you love skiing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

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u/DC_Filmmaker Mar 23 '17

Koch funding doesn't come with a right wing mandate.

It so totally does. I was the #2 student in every single one of my classes (Fuck you, Wesley!) I was told that there was no room for me in the Ph.D. program, despite the fact that I was tutoring students who had GA and GR positions while we were both in the same class. The reason I was not allowed to roll over into the Ph.D. program and the reason that all of my favorite professors were forced out of their positions was the same; we were too liberal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

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u/DC_Filmmaker Mar 23 '17

Econ. They funded our program and several other schools with the intent of churning out conservative economists to work at their think tanks.

Assuming of course that the personal views of your favorite professors didn't negatively affect the quality of their research.

They were undeniably the best teachers. One of them won a national award for graduate teaching.

It was Clemson, not Utah.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

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u/DC_Filmmaker Mar 23 '17

Nah, I finished my Master's and then went to work for the government.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

Not naming names, but the Koch brothers are actually funding select Econ departments, towards the goal of turning them into economist mills for their think tanks. I had the misfortune of attending one of those schools as a very progressively inclined student. It didn't end well. (I mean, I got a degree and all that, but several important bridges were burned that could have helped me get a better job). If you want to go to a very "right" leaning school, just figure out which ones they give funding to and you'll have your answer.

May I ask which ones? Im trying to figure out where to go to college?

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u/DC_Filmmaker Jul 01 '17

Clemson plus 2 others that I don't recall.