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Yet the Fed economists conclude that, in the market, this is not the case.
Most economists predict a healthy 5% annual growth rate in 2011, together with positive fiscal and external results.
But similarly dire predictions of large-scale job destruction and high technology-driven structural unemployment accompanied previous major episodes of automation, including by renowned economists.
Ultimately, the problem of judging austerity programs is that economists cannot run fully controlled experiments.
Policymakers cannot afford to wait decades for economists to figure out a definitive answer, which may never be found at all.
Economists sometimes portray the global economy as a huge bazaar.
Economists tend not to dwell on this too much.
It is not that all economists are insensitive and dislike developing countries.
For many people, including most economists, globalization implies greater opportunities, expanded trade, faster travel, better connectivity, and higher incomes.
Economists and pundits can preach for all eternity about the many ways that multinational companies make coffee pickers in Guatemala happier.
The Threat of Greek Debt ReliefBERLIN – With Greece’s economic crisis still raging, prominent voices, ranging from Nobel laureate economists like Paul Krugman to officials like US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, are calling for more lenient bailout terms and debt relief.
If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
The Copenhagen Consensus has asked more than 60 top economists to make this assessment across the full range of relevant issues, including education, food and energy security, and ending violence against women.
Economists have been tracking these trends for some time.
The brilliant, award-winning young economists Raj Chetty and Emmanuel Saez have enriched the discussion with new research.
While most economists marvel at Trump’s ignorance of how trade balances work, many broadly agree with his charges regarding intellectual property (IP).
Higher Education MisconceivedCAMBRIDGE – Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.
Yet economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: the number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.
Experts in general, not just pollsters and economists, have been the target of much criticism of late.
The Hour of the TechnocratsCAMBRIDGE – Greece and Italy, desperate after their gridlocked political systems left them mired in debt and crisis, have both chosen technocratic economists – Lucas Papademos and Mario Monti, respectively – rather than politicians to lead new governments.
In June, several well-qualified economists from emerging-market countries were passed over in the selection of a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Most economists understood the downside risks of European monetary union.
Indeed, a decade ago, economists failed to see a massive storm on the horizon, until it culminated in the most destructive global financial crisis in nearly 80 years.
True, some economists expected the UK economy to collapse during the post-referendum panic, whereas economic activity proved to be rather resilient, with GDP growth reaching some 2.1% in 2016.
Unfortunately, economists’ responsibility for the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent recession extends beyond forecasting mistakes.
Some economists have been led astray by intellectual arrogance: the belief that they can always explain real-world complexity.
Economists systematically study objects that are embedded in wider social and political structures.
Economists can glimpse the future only by looking backwards, so their predictive power is limited to deducing probabilities on the basis of past events, not timeless laws.
Economists employed by banks, hedge funds, and other businesses were expected to provide a short-term “view” for their employers and clients; and to dispense their “wisdom” to the general public through interviews and media appearances.
Meanwhile, the economics profession was adopting more complex mathematical tools and specialized jargon, which effectively widened the gap between economists and other social scientists.
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