Economists embedded their university vision in administrative structures that outlive them.
Evidence
127 Of course, many of these particular economists have subsequently been succeeded by noneconomist presidents. But having just concluded numerous interviews with technology transfer officers recently, it seems clear to me that economists have successfully seeded their vision of the purpose of the university throughout its administrative structures. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 2132
Categorization
- XREF: Extends the argument from ScienceMart about economists colonizing university governance; connects to the broader ‘thought collective’ thread the reader is tracing. — connects to: University restructuring locked in economists’ institutional shelter from accountability — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 589; Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32; Neoliberal university governance subordinates academic freedom to institutional transactions — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 663
Broader Connections
- University restructuring locked in economists’ institutional shelter from accountability
#expands(0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 589 - Neoliberal university governance subordinates academic freedom to institutional transactions
#exemplifies(0.75) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 663 - Philosophers both reflect their historical milieu and shape future institutions
#expands(0.72) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 32