Heterodox economists like Steve Keen are fixing the deficit. The largest problem is the ideological stance of mainstream economics.
I've been posting to #SteveKeen to help spread the word. He's also working to get junk theory finally pushed out of academic economics.
I'll be posting to the hashtag shortly on that topic.
Most of academia knows how toxic neoliberal policy has been on higher educations. This is a pathway to rectifying that.