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Instead of classifying everything on a line to rhetorically suggest that you are objectively in the middle, recognize that there is a broad landscape of social, cultural, and economic positions.

Trump in fact acts contrary to most recommendations from Chicago economists, even though both are “conservative”.

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You're misreading between the lines. I'm objectively on the left. As I understand things, there is no "line" and no "middle", except for media-types dispatched to hype the status-quo.

Then why are you surprised that a podcast/book about economics represents the dominant academic view of economics?

> dominant academic view of economics

Chicago School is the conservative view of economics, not the dominant view.

Would you say freakeconomics is presenting heterodox economic theory? And if so how?

Nondominant != heterodox.

Ok. I think this is becoming a pretty strained argument.

Leftists don’t generally like mainstream economics and subscribe to more niche segments. That’s ok - and there is a lot to criticize. But it’s also wrong that freakeconomics is peddling “conservative ideas” unless you do agree economics itself as an academic field is conservative coded.

this is wrong for economics. The dominant view among economists is largely homogenous.

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