The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.
John Maynard Keynes (former academic scribbler)
Dionne Pohler is the David and Alexandra Lipsky Professor of Dispute Resolution at Cornell University ILR School in the Department of Global Labor and Work and Associate Director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. She previously held faculty positions and research chairs at both the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto. Her research covers topics in conflict and dispute resolution, work and employment, co-operative governance, labour relations, rural issues and rural-urban polarization, and public policy.
A Q&A with Canadian social scientist Dionne Pohler
Universities should uphold the communal norms of the scientific method.
Vaccine mandates are unreasonable and most coercive for the least powerful workers.