Robert Scott Gassler wrote: > The economics profession does not have an overwhelming consensus on much > else than a few vocabulary words and perhaps something about price controls. > > The general public does not, I think, see economists as a monolithic group > in spite of what mainstream economists wish.
Right: the image of economics being monolithic is false. However, there's more consensus than you say. Mankiw posts the regular poll of economists on this issue: if I remember correctly, support for "free trade" tops the list of consensus items. the economics consensus centers around its big success story, the theory of supply and demand. It works, roughly, though many economists forget that it's quite abstract and needs to be complemented by empirical details. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
