Should economists remain as detached scholars, pursuing their research to the satisfaction of themselves and fellow … policy? In this paper, Professor Daniel B. Klein addresses these issues, concluding that if economists want to be influential … which are relevent to policy. Five well known economists, John Fleming, Charles Goodhart, Israel Kirzner, Deirdre McCloskey …

This paper is about economists and their opinions on economic policies. Using a representative sample of Italian … economists as a case study, we show that disagreement is large on both the causes of the economic difficulties in Italy and the …, the degree of pro-market orientation and the level of optimism are all relevant in explaining differences in economists …

Do economists reach a conclusion on a given policy issue? One way to answer the question is to survey economists at … large. Another is to look at the published judgments of economists who have gone on the record. Relative to an anonymous … eleven studies of economists' published judgments. Several of them show greater support for liberalization than found among …

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 …