public. This state of affairs makes clear the need for a major reorientation of focus in the research economists undertake …, as well as for the establishment of an ethical code that would ask economists to understand and communicate the …

economists contribute, or why did economists fail to provide a convincing answer for the origins of the crisis, and possible …

crises-related topics. Overall, our findings are consistent with the claim that economists were not engaged sufficiently in … NBER affiliated economists responded dramatically by switching their focus and efforts to studying and understanding the … crisis, its causes and its consequences. Thus, although economists were slow to see the crisis coming, they were fast to act …