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Sense and Sensibilities: Myrdal’s Plea for Self-Disclosure and Some Disclosures on AEA Members

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Daniel B. Klein ()

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Gunnar Myrdal urged economists to disclose their ideological sensibilities, to mitigate asymmetric-information problems in scientific discourse and to reduce the hazard of bias. Myrdal’s plea informs us of the importance of frank discussion of ideological sensibilities, including investigations of the ideological character of people involved in the American Economic Association. This paper reviews the results of several such investigations, including new results on rates of AEA membership by voter category.

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Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 180-205
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Keywords: Gunnar Myrdal; ideological sensibilities; disclosure; American Economic Association; voter registration;

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  1. Stern, Charlotta & Klein, Daniel B., 2006. "Is There a Free-Market Economist in the House? The Policy Views of American Economic Association Members," Working Paper Series 6/2006, Swedish Institute for Social Research. [Downloadable!]
  2. William A. McEachern, 2006. "AEA Ideology: Campaign Contributions of American Economic Association Members, Committee Members, Officers, Editors, Referees, Authors, and Acknowledgees," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 3(2), pages 148-179, May. [Downloadable!]
  3. Benny Carlson and Lars Jonung, 2006. "Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin and Gunnar Myrdal on the Role of the Economist in Public Debate," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 3(3), pages 511-550, September. [Downloadable!]
  4. Klein, Daniel & Stern, Lotta, 2005. "Sociology and Classical Liberalism," Ratio Working Papers 81, The Ratio Institute. [Downloadable!]
  5. Klein, Daniel B. & Stern, Charlotta, 2005. "Narrow-Tent Democrats and Fringe Others: The Policy Views of Social Science Professors," Working Paper Series 8/2005, Swedish Institute for Social Research. [Downloadable!]
  6. Daniel B. Klein and Michael J. Clark, 2006. "A Little More Liberty: What the JEL Omits in Its Account of What the Economic Report of the President Omits," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 3(3), pages 466-483, September. [Downloadable!]
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