Some myths about research : If it's really of any importance mainstream scholars are already working on it
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We need to talk --
perhaps you already agree that, yes, research is important but you reason intuitively that, since the best and brightest minds are already likely to be found in universities and research institutions, then it would seem reasonable to assume that, if a topic of research has true merit, there's already work underway on it among mainstream academic scholars because the brightest minds will have recognized the merit.
I want to suggest that, as reasonable as that may seem, it's simply not true. It's a myth.
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Here, for example, is a cautionary tale drawn from real -life
by Michael Hudson, published at Dandelion Salad :
" If We Don’t Solve The Problem Of Economic Polarization, We’re Going To Go Into Another Dark Age"
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/if-we-dont-solve-the-problem-of-...
To see the point, it's suffices to read just the first seven paragraphs.
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Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt: A History of Theories of Polarization v. Convergence in the World Economy (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971), amongst many others. He can be reached via his website, mh@michael-hudson.com.
perhaps you already agree that, yes, research is important but you reason intuitively that, since the best and brightest minds are already likely to be found in universities and research institutions, then it would seem reasonable to assume that, if a topic of research has true merit, there's already work underway on it among mainstream academic scholars because the brightest minds will have recognized the merit.
I want to suggest that, as reasonable as that may seem, it's simply not true. It's a myth.
-------
Here, for example, is a cautionary tale drawn from real -life
by Michael Hudson, published at Dandelion Salad :
" If We Don’t Solve The Problem Of Economic Polarization, We’re Going To Go Into Another Dark Age"
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/if-we-dont-solve-the-problem-of-...
To see the point, it's suffices to read just the first seven paragraphs.
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Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt: A History of Theories of Polarization v. Convergence in the World Economy (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971), amongst many others. He can be reached via his website, mh@michael-hudson.com.
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