Economists have always been interested in the workings of the financial markets, but most of them neither seek nor get …) economists became involved in the financial markets, and what that professional involvement has entailed, in order to come up … with implications for economists who are considering working in the financial markets as well as for the universities that …

Drawing on research in the psychology of judgment and decision making, I argue that individual economists acting as … pervasiveness of the phenomenon, the nature of the task facing economists-as-experts, and the character of the institutional …

Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …

thirty-nine economic propositions are reported and compared and contrasted to the views held by economists on the same or … policies, and income redistribution. Of particular interest and concern to economists are those areas where there is agreement … economy) that are at odds with the consensus view of economists. …

McCloskey argues that economists should be proud to be so very expert in one of Seven Cardinal Virtues, Prudence. …

. Woman authors are less likely to exclude women from their sample, and non-economists are less likely to exclude women and … statistical methods become more elaborate when they collaborate with economists. …

Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …