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Blame the Economists?
BERKELEY – Now that we are witnessing what looks like the historic decline of the West, it is worth asking what role economists might have played in the disasters of the past decade.
We economists supposedly failed to convey to politicians and bureaucrats what needed to be done, because we hadn’t analyzed the situation fully and properly in real time.
Some economists, like Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University, saw the dangers of the financial crisis, but greatly exaggerated the risks of public spending to boost employment in its aftermath.
The moral of the story is that if only we economists had spoken up sooner, been more convincing on the issues where we were right, and recognized where we were wrong, the situation today would be considerably better.
Professional economists could not convince those in power of what needed to be done, because those in power were operating in a context of political breakdown and lost American credibility.
With policymaking having been subjected to the malign influence of a rising plutocracy, economists calling for “bold persistent experimentation” were swimming against the tide – even though well-founded economic theories justified precisely that course of action.
We economists and our theories did make a big difference.
The departure of Americans from the job market reflects what economists call the “discouraged worker” phenomenon.
Although the Fund has committed grave errors (Thailand and Russia of late), a majority of economists reckon that they are hawking the right medicine.
When Clinton came to office in 1993, he had to make several key choices:1. promote free trade, in line with policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations, or turn more protectionist as his trade-union allies urged?2. reduce the budget deficit, in line with mainstream economic thinking, or boost government spending, as many left-of-center economists were arguing?
Clinton understood earlier than most politicians, and economists as well, that US economic strength derived from a combination of basic science, technological innovation, and high-quality education.
China’s Vicious Growth CircleLONDON – Most economists have a reason to be worried about China’s economy – whether it be low consumption and large external surpluses, industrial overcapacity, environmental degradation, or government interventions like capital controls or financial repression.
High levels of short-term debt create what economists call "financial fragility."
Today’s consensus among economists is that the recession is already over, that the US and global economy will rapidly return to growth, and that there is no risk of a relapse.
Many leading economists and policymakers are forecasting continued economic gloom.
On the other hand, economists such as Boston University’s James Bessen argue that automation often goes hand in hand with the creation of new jobs.
Normally, economists talk about trade-offs: weaker intellectual-property rights, it is argued, would undermine incentives to innovate.
That underscores the main concern among development economists and observers of international relations as the AIIB’s birth approaches.
Back in the 1960’s, the economists William Baumol and William Bowen wrote about the “cost disease” that plagues these industries.
Its source is the idea, found both in the Bible and in classical economics, that work is a curse (or, as economists put it, a “cost”), undertaken only for the sake of making a living.
Most Chinese economists, by contrast, were less pessimistic, and expected that growth would stabilize at around 8% in 2012.
Neoclassical economists predicted that this would not happen, because people would find other jobs, albeit possibly after a long period of painful adjustment.
most likely stemmed from the fact that there are things that are very real and solid to monetary economists.
The international community is working on new development goals for the next 15 years, and the Copenhagen Consensus has asked some of the world’s leading economists to give their assessment of the smartest targets they can choose.
To help guide the process, the Copenhagen Consensus Center asked 62 teams of top economists to determine where limited resources could do the most good by 2030.
That history should spur today’s economists and policymakers to reflect on the difficult trade-off between efficiency and robustness when it comes to global governance.
My think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus, has asked 60 teams of the world’s top economists to examine most of them.
In RethinkHIV, we engage some of the world’s top HIV economists, epidemiologists, and demographers in this vital discussion about priorities.
All of them calculate the costs and benefits of their proposed solutions, and will compete to convince a panel of five world-class economists, including three Nobel laureates, that they have the very best solutions.
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