Elizabeth Popp Berman
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"Winner of the 2013 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association" "Winner of the 2013 Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association" "Winner of the 2011 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association" Elizabeth Popp Berman is assistant professor of sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York....
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"Economics is the queen of the social sciences, and economists are among the most prominent of experts in Washington. No other discipline has its own office in the White House, is as visible in the New York Times, or as frequently mentioned in the Congressional Record. Yet at the same time, the limits on economists' influence are quite clear. Their advice is often ignored until it is politically convenient, and as the current moment shows, politicians...