Mark G. Sheppard @markgsheppard.com · Mar 24 🚨New Working Paper🚨 "Economists Should Fix the Economy" coming soon. I fielded a study, with NORC at the University of Chicago, that shows that 92% of Americans think economists should be involved in economic policy —they only disagree on how much. #EconSky
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But who will ask other economists whether their IV is truly exogenous?!?!?!
Inspired by the work of @mortenstostad.bsky.social, and the resulting conversations about the policy implications of descriptive work. Economists often argue internally about their role in policy prescription. And many land on the conclusion that they and others have no role to play in policy.