Political Economy

[Ross123]

Do you guys know other than harvard, which schools are strong in political economy (political economics)?

[shootermcgavin7]

RAND's Policy Analysis program has good placements - although I should point out that even though they currently have a PhD Micro series there are rumors that they trying to de-emphasize the econ slant in their current curriculum.

[a student]

MIT, Stanford GSB

[dafrk3in]

UCSD i think

[maattar]

Originally Posted by Ross123

Do you guys know other than harvard, which schools are strong in political economy (political economics)?

I think you should give us a clearer description of what you called political economy. Most economists from mainstream tradition understand political economy either as welfare analysis with normative (social choice) foundations or as a political-based analysis of business cycles. However, many economists, especially from non-mainstream traditions, might consider it a kind of Neo-Marxist and/or Post-Keynesian analysis. Lastly, one would argue that political economy is a way of analyzing economic facts with a kind of normative and interdisciplinary methodology, since political economists from all ages share such a methodological viewpoint.

Am I clear while expecting a clearer description from you? :-)


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