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Auburn/George Mason economics departments

Quotation from article:

Right-leaning people are attracted in greater numbers by the larger salaries to be found in private employment, so fewer enter academia as opposed to right wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation or right-leaning institutions like Hillsdale College (a sponsor on shows like The Mark Levin Show) or Liberty University, as well as the economics departments of public institutions Auburn University and George Mason University, known for their libertarian leanings.

In short, the bit of interest says "academia as opposed to... the economics departments of public institutions like Auburn and GMU..." which may be (questionably executed) snarkasm, or perhaps just a mistake. I'm not honestly sure which. Anyone care to clear this up?

DISCLOSURE: I happen to be a student at Auburn; however, to my knowledge, I have not yet had any dealings with the econ guys. PacWalker (talk) 02:53, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Go to sleep, (INSERT NEBULOUS SIBLING RIVALRY INSULTS HERE).--Madman (talk) 02:56, 23 March 2015 (UTC)The Madman

Political beliefs and academic research

The article doesn't discuss whether political beliefs might influence success of securing funding and subsequent publication, chances of career progression etc. Is there any research on this? ^{— Unsigned, by: 82.2.95.94 / talk / contribs} Requesting thread archival (why?) Plutocow (talk)

Semi-detatched figures

How does the general population break down? The article doesn't even have an uncited indication of how many liberals there are overall. <3 C^{Sapphire bullets of pure love} 18:58, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Just gonna leave this here

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Stephen Colbert. --PosthumanHeresy (talk) 17:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)