I examine the process that led to major reforms in agriculture in Sweden, culminating in 1990. Economists were largely … itself, the Ministry of Agriculture. Economists and others overcame the iron triangle. Enlightened discourse played no small …

. Economists writing for the public can either highlight such truths, neglect the issue, or try to allay worries or excuse or … justify large budget deficits (as anti-recession policy, for example). Economists affiliated or aligned with one of the … constituency. This paper investigates selected economists, to see whether their tune changes when the party holding the White House …

. Supporters offer a wide variety of justifications to build and expand rail transit. If one focuses on the judgments of economists … justifications, economists appear to be somewhat optimistic about rail transit’s impact on local economic development, but less … optimistic about rail’s ability to achieve environmental improvement and serve the transit-dependent poor. Economists seem …

Economists in the United States wrote reams of commentary on Argentina’s recession-turned-depression of 1998 … Argentina’s share of world exports was growing. The faulty analysis of U.S. and other economists provided justifications for …

among economists on how to reduce traffic jams. Especially in light of modern electronic toll collection, they believe in … pricing highway capacity as a scarce resource. Beyond that primary insight, however, there is much disagreement. Economists … of pages, while the main point of agreement is largely taken for granted. Practically all economists who write on the …

Do economists reach a conclusion on household and municipal recycling? I explore the policy judgments of published … economists on recycling and find that there is no broad consensus. The mainstream recycling literature is dominated by a guided … approaches: a minimal government laissez faire approach and a command and control regulatory approach. Laissez faire economists …

In Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009 I conducted a web-based survey of economists in my native country of the Czech Republic, and … respondent and find that a majority lean toward liberalization. Comparing Czech economists to American economists, we notice some …

all active petition signers lean heavily toward either liberalism or interventionism. The economists most active in …, Michael Reich, David Terkla, Christopher Tilly, and Thomas E. Weisskopf. We present information on many notable economists …

By banning payments to donors, government has limited organ supply to barter and charity. Economists have generated a … judgments of economists to see whether they preponderantly support liberalization. I classify 72 economists and find that most … of those economists who publish a judgment favor liberalization to one extent or another. This consensus among the …