Se ekonomisti strinjajo glede proste trgovine, kmetijskih subvencij, ‘neposeganja’ politike na naftnih trg, obdavčenja energije, dviga starostne meje za upokojitev, privabljanja novih priseljencev in liberalizacije politike do drog? Harvardski profesor ekonomije Greg Mankiw v svoji kolumni v NY Times pravi, da se večina ameriških ekonomistov glede tega strinja, zato priporoča obema vodilnima predsedniškima kandidatoma, naj pustita druge zadeve, denimo davčno ali zdravstveno politiko, glede katerih ni ‘enega glasu’, pri miru.

The American Economic Association represents only a small fraction of 1 percent of the electorate. In every election season, we economists expect to be largely ignored, and, unlike many of our other forecasts, that one often turns out to be right. But suppose it were otherwise. Imagine that those running for office tailored their economic positions to attract the experts in the field.

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