Econ Journal Watch

Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

About EJW

The electronic triannual Econ Journal Watch publishes Comments on articles appearing in economics journals and serves as a forum about economics research and the economics profession. EJW watches the journals for inappropriate assumptions, weak chains of argument, phony claims of relevance, and omissions of pertinent truths. Pointed, constructive criticism requires an independent forum and an accessible and timely medium. Other material including essays, reflections, investigations, and classic critiques speak to the nature and character of economics. EJW applies theories of failure—market, government, organizational—to the practices and institutions of economists.

Econ Journal Watch has been selected for coverage in the following indices and databases:

  • Thomson ISI’s Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)/Web of Science and Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Amercian Economic Association’s EconLit and Journal of Economic Literature
  • EBSCO Host – Business Source Complete, Business Source Corporate Plus
  • Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Research Papers in Economics (REPEC)
  • Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities

EJW is a journal of the American Institute for Economic Research, but legally exists within the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.

ISSN: 1933-527X

Managing Editor

Kevin D. Rollins

Math Reader

Warren C. Gibson, P.E.
PhD, Engineering

Editorial Advisor

Jane S. Shaw
John William Pope Center

Project Directors

Daniel Klein
George Mason University

Donald J. Boudreaux
George Mason University

Deirdre N. McCloskey
University of Illinois, Chicago

Richard L. Stroup
Montana State University

EJW Advisory Council

  • Terry Anderson, PERC, Hoover Inst.
  • Charles W. Baird, Cal. St. Univ., Hayward
  • Peter J. Boettke, George Mason Univ.
  • Thomas Borcherding, Claremont Grad. Sch.
  • James Buchanan, George Mason Univ.
  • Ronald Coase, Univ. Chicago
  • David Colander, Middlebury College
  • Tyler Cowen, George Mason Univ.
  • Thomas DiLorenzo, Loyola Coll.
  • Richard Ebeling, American Inst. for Economic Res.
  • Bruno S. Frey, Univ. of Zurich
  • Mason Gaffney, U. Calif., Riverside
  • Pierre Garello, Univ. of Aix-en-Provence, Fr.
  • Peter Gordon, Univ. of So. Cal.
  • James D. Gwartney, Florida St. Univ.
  • Steve H. Hanke, Johns Hopkins Univ.
  • David Haddock, Northwestern Univ.
  • David R. Henderson, Mont. Nav. Postgr. Sch.
  • Robert Higgs, The Independent Review
  • Hal Hochman, Lafayette Coll.
  • Randall G. Holcombe, Florida St. Univ.
  • Kevin Hoover, Duke University
  • Israel Kirzner, New York Univ.
  • Timur Kuran, Duke University
  • Deepak Lal, Univ. of Cal., Los Angeles
  • Dwight Lee, Univ. of Georgia
  • Harry Markowitz, Univ. of Cal., San Diego
  • Thomas Mayer, Univ. Calif., Davis
  • Fred McChesney, Northwestern Univ.
  • Roger Meiners, Univ. Texas, Arlington
  • Philip Mirowski, U. Notre Dame
  • Adrian Moore, Reason Pub. Policy Inst.
  • Robert Mundell, Columbia University
  • Charles E. Murray, Am. Inst. for Economic Res.
  • Robert H. Nelson, Univ. Maryland
  • Douglass North, Washington Univ.
  • Sam Peltzman, Univ. Chicago
  • Martin Ricketts, Univ. Buckingham, UK
  • Mario Rizzo, New York Univ.
  • Colin Robinson, Univ. Surrey, UK
  • Mauricio Rojas, Lund Univ.
  • Paul H. Rubin, Emory Univ.
  • David Ruccio, U. Notre Dame
  • Thomas Saving, Texas A&M Univ.
  • Thomas Schelling, Univ. Maryland
  • William Shughart, Univ. of Mississippi
  • Vernon Smith, George Mason Univ.
  • Alex Tabarrok, George Mason Univ.
  • Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Tech
  • Richard H. Timberlake, Univ. Georgia
  • Gordon Tullock, George Mason Univ.
  • Karen Vaughn, George Mason Univ.
  • Richard Vedder, Ohio Univ.
  • Richard Wagner, George Mason Univ.
  • Walter Williams, George Mason Univ.
  • Bruce Yandle, Clemson Univ.
  • Leland Yeager, Auburn Univ.
  • Stephen Ziliak, Roosevelt Univ.
  • Oliver Williamson, Univ. of California, Berkeley