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Intellectual Hazard: A Liberal Selection of Quotations

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This article contains a selection of 97 quotations concerning hazards to intellectual integrity. The quotations are grouped under 16 headings: Lock-in of ideological sensibilities by age 25; Reverence of the powerful and longing for their favor; Unminding important things; Popular sentiments and approval; Escapism; The professional academic pyramid; Groupthink; Privileges of graduation make for cartels and social pyramids; Cynicism and acquiescence; Officialdom validates base thinking; Government force and funding; Pyramids validating one another; The pretense of knowing well enough to manipulate beneficially; Temptation of a governing-set selfhood; Taboo; A cycle of irrelevance and bad judgment.

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Article provided by Atlas Economic Research Foundation in its journal Econ Journal Watch.

Volume (Year): 6 (2009)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 280-312
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Keywords: groupthink; academia; government; power; approval;

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  1. Daniel B. Klein, 2005. "The Ph.D. Circle in Academic Economics," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 2(1), pages 133-148, April. [Downloadable!]
  2. Harberger, Arnold C, 1993. "The Search for Relevance in Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(2), pages 1-16, May.
  3. E.C. Pasour Jr, 2004. "Agricultural Economists and the State," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 1(1), pages 106-133, April. [Downloadable!]
  4. Lawrence H White, 2005. "The Federal Reserve System's Influence on Research in Monetary Economics," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 2(2), pages 325-354, August. [Downloadable!]
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