Isn't Two Plus Two Equals Four, Really?

Academic life, and this brings us back to issues of tenure, is essentially a series of patronage networks. And if you control the publications, then you are in a very strong position to change the direction of any discipline. I'm not sure quite what the checks are on that process that distinguish economics from history. So i want to know what jan thinks about what's gone on in the journals. Bcause i'm too busy being a punted in a podcaster.