Prof Galbraith-

The elephant in the room whenever discussing academic hierarchies or accepted consensus is the economics Nobel Prize (er, Nobel-like prize). How much of the situation you describe can be attributed to the effects of those awards, particularly the number of winners from the University of Chicago and its acolytes?

Posted at May 30, 2007 7:26 AM in response to A (Strong) Response to Tyler Cowen

This is totally offtopic, but the recent Vatican pronouncement on limbo actually means the opposite of what you and most people have asserted. They simply confirmed that limbo is not official Catholic doctrine and never has been. The Catholic catechism teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation- it notes that we can always "hope" that God's grace will save them anyway, but the reason hope is necessary is that the operating assumption is that they're destined for hell.

Posted at May 29, 2007 7:15 PM in response to Is neoclassical economics a Mafia?