The same people who ensure economics departments are full of libertarians also ensure the humanities departments are full of Marxists.
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'Mixed economy' seems strong. I can't think of a mainstream economist who advocates for state enterprises or nationalisation.
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Not today but they did until 90s. Krugman's contingent also called for bank nationalization in 2009.
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I'll grant that econ is more 'libertarian' today than it was in the recent past. Just note that mainstream view of USSR was cautiously +ve
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Until the Berlin Wall fell. And 70s Nixon era obviously had wage and price controls as mainstream policy.
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if that's 'mostly free markets' then the phrase is meaningless unless you mean full fledged Marxists.
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BTW the mainstream of econ was praising the Soviet 'model' - Paul Samuelson who wrote the most influential textbook.
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