“The average … economist is white, middle-class, male, swamped withliterature to absorb or referee, intimidated by his superiors and colleagues,goaded along by two creeds - ‘publish or perish’ and ‘conform or perish’ - and unhappy with the state of current economics. In addition, the typical graduate student - also male, middle class, white - believes success [within the profession] means techniques and not an understanding of the economy or even the literature, even though, as contrary as it may be to common sense, he knows that publications are what will lead to recognition within the discipline.”

Deborah Redman: Economics and the Philosophy of Science