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No One Cares What Economists Say About Trump
Sure, policy makers respect the profession. But the general public couldn't care less.
Treated like an economist.
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This week, there have been not one, but two open letters by some of the most eminent economists in the U.S., urging the American public not to vote for Donald Trump. One letter, published in the Wall Street Journal, was signed by 370 economists, including eight Nobel prize winners. It slams Trump for questioning the accuracy of economic data, for attacking free trade and immigration, for getting facts wrong and for having misguided policy proposals on a variety of fronts. The second letter is by Nobel laureates only -- 19 of them. They write:
This is all true. However, I’m going to go out on a limb and make a bold prediction: Essentially no American voters will listen to these economists.