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POST-KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AS DEFENSE MECHANISM: SIDNEY WEINTRAUB AS KNOWN BY E. ROY WEINTRAUB

Till Düppe

Journal of the History of Economic Thought2025https://doi.org/10.1017/s1053837224000488article
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This article traces the evolution of Sidney Weintraub’s Post-Keynesian identity during the four decades following WW II, as seen through the eyes of his son E. Roy Weintraub. I explore Roy’s notion that Sidney’s career can be seen as the result of defense mechanisms associated with those of a borderline personality, such as splitting and projection. As Sidney transformed from an aspiring mainstream macroeconomist into a reclusive warrior for ideas, developing a polarized view of the economics profession, his work eventually became subsumed as a branch of Post-Keynesian economics. At the same time, he nudged his son into a symbiotic dependency, standing in for his career as a mathematical economist and coauthor, while also being made complicit in his adultery. Roy’s eventual distancing from this role ultimately led to a rupture prior to Sidney’s death in 1983. It was only then that Roy was able to establish a scholarly profile as a historian of economics and gain the understanding of his father that informs this text.

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@article{till2025,
  title        = {{POST-KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AS DEFENSE MECHANISM: SIDNEY WEINTRAUB AS KNOWN BY E. ROY WEINTRAUB}},
  author       = {Till Düppe},
  journal      = {Journal of the History of Economic Thought},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s1053837224000488},
}

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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
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