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 …