This very interesting article form reviews some of the dynamic forces in economics's shift towards quantativity: mattsclancy.substack.com/p/how-a-field-
Reviews several interesting papers analytically modeling field shift in terms of biases in tenure committees and peer review.
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Some of the conclusions are (unsurprisingly) generational: younger faculty replace older ones, and observable biases shift. Vindicates Planck's principle (science progresses one funeral at a time), makes me wonder how to promote field evolution as longevity increases.
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