I asked one of the professors about it once. He gout a big smile on his face and said "Come and talk to me after class." So I did. He would not tell me outright, but I got the definite idea that mere discussion in class was strictly verboten. Of course, I asked for and got this guy on my orals committee.
Pretty sad, actually, when you consider that Hauser's Law has stood the test of time better than 99% of the economic theories out there. Plus, it is remarkably stable over time. Even the most extreme variance is within a +/- 2% range, generally far less.
Well, we wouldn’t want to mess up the indoctrination process with crazy things like FACTS, would we?
It has nothing whatsoever to do with economics. Leftists are emotionally attached to the concept of equality to the exclusion of all reasoning and all else. They would rather be in charge of hell if we were all miserable as long as we would all be equal in our misery. Of course, they always exempt themselves from the social engineering they impose on others. Fortunately they are not bullet proof. Nobody is..