iry ▁into ▁the ▁department . ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁academic ▁h ired ▁by ▁Hog an ▁would ▁end ▁up ▁align ing ▁themselves ▁with ▁W heel w right ▁including : ▁Deb esh ▁Bh attach ary a , ▁G avan ▁Butler , ▁Frank ▁St il well ▁and ▁E van ▁Jones . ▁The ▁issue ▁was ▁height ened ▁when ▁students ▁began ▁to ▁comp lain ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁Econom ics ▁I ▁and ▁Econom ics ▁II ▁courses ▁were ▁over ly ▁abstract ▁and ▁poor ly ▁taught . ▁This ▁would ▁lead ▁Sim kin , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁to ▁requests ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁a ▁Rad ical ▁Econom ics ▁course ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁This ▁anim os ity ▁was ▁comp ounded ▁when ▁Paul ▁Samuel son , ▁arg u ably ▁among ▁the ▁ ▁most ▁influ ential ▁econom ists ▁of ▁the ▁period , ▁came ▁to ▁lecture ▁in ▁Sydney . ▁Samuel son ’ s ▁lecture ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁much ▁host ility , ▁empty ing ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁lecture ▁theatre . ▁As ▁a ▁response , ▁a ▁radical ▁econom ics ▁conference ▁was ▁organ ised ▁by ▁three ▁students ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 — ▁Steve ▁Ke en , ▁Richard ▁Field s ▁and ▁Greg ▁C ough . ▁▁ ▁A ▁large ▁scale ▁student ▁and ▁staff ▁coal ition ▁would ▁develop ▁when ▁the ▁Philosoph y ▁Department ▁decided ▁to ▁strike ▁over ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁teach ▁a ▁course ▁in ▁femin ist ▁and ▁( in ▁the ▁previous ▁year ) ▁a ▁course ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Marx ist ▁philosophy . ▁The ▁students ▁in ▁Econom ics ▁I ▁( be ing ▁taught ▁by ▁St il