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I don't think academics are hiding. Unfortunately, they just lost space in the public debate.
There are letters signed by a few top economists against the stimulus bill, for the stimulus bill, for EFCA...
The academic debate over the great depression has become a hot topic again, and every key economist, sociologist or political scientist has a blog nowadays.
Brad Delong, Dani Rodrik, Krugman, Mankiw, James Galbraith even good old Paul Samuelson are speaking out.
Unfortunately, because they refuse to fit their discourse to the narrative most of the media has decided to adopt, they seem to be ignored.
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