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University of Chicago economics professor Harald Uhlig was fired by the Chicago Federal Reserve and was temporarily removed as editor of the Journal of Political Economy because of a left-wing attack group which objected to his statement where he wondered aloud whether it was wise to defund the police.
Follow-up accusations were made by a former student who said in a tweet to Uhlig:
Things have calmed down so Uhlig appears to have decided to have a little fun and identify as a social justice warrior at the expense of Paul Krugman and call for his replacement as a columnist at the New York Times with a "Black-American," economist.I sat in your class in Winter 2014:
(1) You talked about scheduling a class on MLK Day
(2) You made fun of Dr. King and people honoring him
(3) You sarcastically asked me in front of everyone whether I was offended
If you are at U of C, you are probably missing out if you don’t take a course taught by Uhlig.