Four Economists Come Together to Say ‘We Agree’: Business Class

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- “If you laid all the economists inthe world end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.”This old joke still works because it reflects a common beliefthat economists can’t agree on anything important. Yet the fourof us are part of a project that we believe will demonstratethat this proposition is wrong.

Each week since late September, along with 37 othereconomists at top universities, we have been answering questionson major public policy issues. These include the predictabilityof the stock market, the best design for health insurance andthe effect of China’s managed exchange rate. You can find ouranswers (and sign up to be notified of future poll results)here.