Economics has this reputation in academia of being a really right-wing field because there’s only a 5 to 1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans on the faculty instead of 17:1 in history or 44:1 in sociology.

Economics has this reputation in academia of being a really right-wing field because there’s only a 5 to 1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans on the faculty instead of 17:1 in history or 44:1 in sociology. pic.twitter.com/rhgZhhiUcw

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 5, 2021