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...although Marglin says he would find most mainstream economists unsuitable for the position, Harberger "represents an extreme case who, even more than most, would narrow the political range of countries and programs the HIID can be involved in." Harberger's policy requires an ideological commitment to the free market, which many Third World governments are unwilling to make, Marglin explains, saying not only does the implementation of these policies require the repression of civil liberties, but also the crushing of any free or independent labor movement there. Marglin lists one more reason for the unsuitabiltiy of Harberger: HIID recently attempted...
...this reason, Marglin advocates an affirmative action program for viewpoints that are not adequately represented throughout the University. He envisions a directive from the president which "enjoins departments to present a balance of views...
...while Marglin believes that in an ideal academic situation, no individual should be denied appointment because of his ideology, nevertheless, he protests the appointment of more free-market conservatives because they are already over-represented in the department. Failing to accept President Bok's claim of academic freedom as a justification for the Harberger appointment, Marglin states that the directorship of the HIID is a policy-making, not an academic, postion. Moreover, Marglin's critique of the Harberger appointment extends beyond the specifics of Harberger's career. "I don't think," says Marglin, "the real issue is Al Harberger...
Despite the fact that Marglin is often isolated within the Economics Department because of his outspoken and liberal beliefs like this one, he maintains that Harvard is the best place for him because he hopes, by teaching, to give students an alternative framework to turn to if they ever undergo the same crisis of faith he did as a newly tenured professor...
...While Marglin's philosophy focuses largely on how to develop a society where status affiliations between menial and mental work disappear, the professor, however, who acknowledges that he himself lives a bourgeois lifestyle--and admits that Harvard is the best place for his research--says, "One can't live totally out of joint with society. One must make compromises...