Here’s your thoughts for the day, not from me but from a new survey of economists.  The American Economic Association was polled in the September edition of Econ Journal Watch.  Find the raw numbers at Real Clear Markets.

Interesting Results…

graph Thoughts for the Day: Economists Surveyed

Some of the Survey Results (Econ Journal Watch)

I’ve graphed some of the more ‘unanimous’ results, or results that were overwhelmingly in one direction.  Of course, now is a good time to reference the old joke that if you survey 5 different economists you’ll get 6 different answers.  This makes agreements of this sort all the more rare… and possibly significant.

So what do you think?  Do you agree with the practitioners of the ‘Dismal Science’?

Posted by PK on September - 18 - 2009
      

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