Tiago Mata
Having made themselves notorious in 1969 through forceful protest, radical economists were faced with a stark choice: they could try and change their discipline, or they could leave it and create their own. For a few years at least they chose the former. With the help of eminent allies, radical campaigned to reform the editorial boards and practice of economics publishing and its job market. It was at the urging of radical women economists that the American Economic Association was made to examine the status of women in the discipline. The radical moment within the AEA, amplified by what was happening on the campuses in 1969–71, encouraged other discontents to make their grievances heard, to exercise voice and to press for redress. On this evidence of institutional change radical economics seemed instantly successful.