<p>Hey, I've got a question for all of you.</p>
<p>I know that traditionally the University of Chicago has a strong association with Chicago School economics, but what other economics departments have strong associations with particular theories of economics?</p>
<p>Or do most other departments have very diverse faculty?</p>
<p>Since most schools don't seem particularly eager to post this information on their website, where could I go to find this information?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I might be totally off base here, but I believe most major economics departments have faculty with similar widely accepted beliefs but diverse beliefs in areas of common debate. The exceptions to this, off the top of my head, would be Notre Dame, U-Mass Amherst, UC Riverside, and a couple other schools I'm forgetting that have more Marxian leanings.</p>
<p>corranged, I am pretty impressed that you know so much about the nature of the departments you listed! I know for a fact that there are grad. econ. students who are unaware of the political leanings of those schools.</p>
<p>PhatA: It is wise of you to look into the specifics of various economics departments. In addition to basic information like "Is this place crawling with Marxists who have nothing relevant to say about the modern world?" you might want to investigate whether a department is strongly statistical/mathematical, has a decent economic history contingent, has researchers willing to take on smart undergraduates as research assistants, or various other issues of interest to you. Read the profs web pages, read their descriptions of published work, see if they mention any research grants, that sort of thing. No department is going to label itself as Marxist, Friedmanesque, etc., because even departments with strong "leanings" have numerous professors who disagree with the reigning paradigm.</p>