645 economists, including six Nobel laureates, have signed a statement endorsing Governor Romney's economic plan. Link: http://economistsforromney.com/
quote:Statement in Support
We enthusiastically endorse Governor Mitt Romney’s economic plan to create jobs and restore economic growth while returning America to its tradition of economic freedom. The plan is based on proven principles: a more contained and less intrusive federal government, a greater reliance on the private sector, a broad expansion of opportunity without government favors for special interests, and respect for the rule of law including the decision-making authority of states and localities.
Applying these principles, Governor Romney would:
Reduce marginal tax rates on business and wage incomes and broaden the tax base to increase investment, jobs, and living standards. End the exploding federal debt by controlling the growth of spending so federal spending does not exceed 20 percent of the economy. Restructure regulation to end “too big to fail,” improve credit availability to entrepreneurs and small businesses, and increase regulatory accountability, and ensure that all regulations pass rigorous benefit-cost tests. Improve our Social Security and Medicare programs by reducing their growth to sustainable levels, ensuring their viability over the long term, and protecting those in or near retirement. Reform our healthcare system to harness market forces and thereby reduce costs and increase quality, empowering patients and doctors, rather than the federal bureaucracy. Promote energy policies that increase domestic production, enlarge the use of all western hemisphere resources, encourage the use of new technologies, end wasteful subsidies, and rely more on market forces and less on government planners. In stark contrast, President Obama has failed to advance policies that promote economic and job growth, focusing instead on increasing the size and scope of the federal government, which increases the debt, requires large tax increases, and burdens business with many new financial and health care regulations. The result is an anemic economic recovery and high unemployment. His future plans are to double down on the failed policies, which will only prolong slow growth and high unemployment.
President Obama has:
Relied on short-term “stimulus” programs, which provided little sustainable lift to the economy, and enacted and proposed significant tax increases for all Americans. Offered no plan to reduce federal spending and stop the growth of the debt-to-GDP ratio. Failed to propose Social Security reform and offered a Medicare proposal that relies on a panel of bureaucrats to set prices, quantities, and qualities of healthcare services. Favored a large expansion of economic regulation across many sectors, with little regard for proper cost-benefit analysis and with a disturbing degree of favoritism toward special interests. Enacted health care legislation that centralizes health care decisions and increases the power of the federal bureaucracy to impose one-size-fits-all solutions on patients and doctors, and creates greater incentives for waste. Favored expansion of one-size-fits-all federal rulemaking, with an erosion of the ability of state and local governments to make decisions appropriate for their particular circumstances. In sum, Governor Romney’s economic plan is far superior for creating economic growth and jobs than the actions and interventions President Obama has taken or plans to take in the future. This November, voters will make a fundamental choice between differing visions of America’s economic future.
Signed (affiliations listed for identification purposes only),
Gary Becker, Nobel laureate James Buchanan, Nobel laureate Robert Lucas, Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, Nobel laureate Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate Myron Scholes, Nobel laureate
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Duncan, Virginia Military Institute Gerald Dwyer, Dwyer Economics Richard Eastin, University of Southern California John Eckalbar, California State University, Chico Robert Orland Edmister, Bowling Green State University John Egger, Towson University Isaac Ehrlich, State University of New York, Buffalo Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University Kathryn Eickhoff, Eickhoff Economics Inc. Jeff Eisenach, American Enterprise Institute Charles Elson, University of Delaware Elyas Elyasiani, Temple University Alain Enthoven, Stanford University Stephen Entin, Arlington, VA Richard Ericson, East Carolina University Dorla Evans, University of Alabama, Huntsville James S. Fackler, University of Kentucky Dino Falaschetti, Property and Environment Research Center Frank Falero, California State University, Bakersfield Eugene Fama, University of Chicago Dorsey D. Farr, French Wolf & Farr W. Ken Farr, Georgia College and State University Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland Christopher Fawson, Utah State University Allen Featherstone, Kansas State University Susan Feigenbaum, University of Missouri, St. Louis Martin Feldstein, Harvard University Paul Feldstein, University of California, Irvine David Findlay, Colby College Eric Fisher, California Polytechnic State University Garry Fleming, Roanoke College Christopher Flinn, New York University Harold Flint, Montclair State University, retired Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bill Ford, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, former Ralph Frasca, University of Dayton Michele Fratianni, Indiana University Douglas Frechtling, George Washington University Kenneth French, Dartmouth College Gary French, Nathan Associates Inc. Luke Froeb, Vanderbilt University Kenneth C. 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Wyatt, Miami University Frank Wykoff, Pomonoa College Tetsuji Yamada, Rutgers University Yong Yang, Ford Motor Company DeVon Yoho, Ball State University Nancy Yonge, Center for American Strength Mokhlis Zaki, Northern Michigan University John Zdanowicz, Florida International University Kate Zhou, University of Hawaii Jerry Zimmerman, University of Rochester Robert Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute
Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
Thanks for the actual list of names, that's not spammy at all.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Hey, I don't mind the list. I'm just curious how many geologists share Ron's belief that the Earth is a few thousand years old, and how many signatures it would take attesting to the contrary to change his mind. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
quote:Thanks for the actual list of names, that's not spammy at all.
Ron's constantly accused of lying*; a link to the names I'm sure would suffice, but still it's hard to fault him for posting the whole list in that context.
*Not to say he doesn't bring that on himself, but it doesn't really change this situation.
Hobbes Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Is there literally no monetary policy referenced by economistsforromney, like literally none at all
Has romney ever described anything whatsoever about how he's ending "too big to fail" or is this just a sort of faith-based assertion or like seriously what
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Also hey ron you never answered my question, I see you're still around, you should do that
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
As a data point, the list names four Northwestern faculty members. Between Weinberg and Kellogg, we have over 140 faculty members who are economists. Of the four on the list one is an emeritus professor in transportation and another is a visiting scholar. Only two, Eichenbaum and Hubbard are listed in what the department of economics calls the "Econ Community" at NU.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I have a document signed by 1000 people stating that the Earth is flat.
Where do I submit it so as to get all the encyclopedias changed?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I think a more important question is: how many economists are there total? 645 sounds impressive, but is that actually a lot? And how are we defining economist? Kate suggests that the number is actually quite high, and as in something like climate science, their actual specialty might not really be the right kind of economics at all.
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: As a data point, the list names four Northwestern faculty members. Between Weinberg and Kellogg, we have over 140 faculty members who are economists. Of the four on the list one is an emeritus professor in transportation and another is a visiting scholar. Only two, Eichenbaum and Hubbard are listed in what the department of economics calls the "Econ Community" at NU.
Pretty much par for the course for the "list of people who support a thing I like" trope. They often represent a minority or even fringe view and are not well vetted, often including many individuals who are not credentialed in relevant fields. They count on the fact that 600 sounds like a big number without considering how large the field actually is, especially given their loose definition of economist.
Project Steve demonstrates the flaw of "long list of names" form of argument pretty elegantly. Surely with such a long list of names, Ron is in agreement with the Project Steve signatories.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Steve B. Wyatt, Miami University Steven Wiggins, Texas A&M University Steven Sheffrin, Tulane University Steven Myers, University of Akron Steve Morse, University of Tennessee Steven L. Green, Baylor University Steven Davis, University of Chicago
Oh no, ron's list only has seven steves!
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Okay let me dredge up the University of Colorado dudes on this list.
Barry Poulson Sanjai Bhagat Philip Graves Fred R. Glahe
A ~startling total~ of four. One doesn't even teach anymore and instead works with ALEC and Americans for Prosperity. Ok! That's like, three percent of the total economics profs, quite a lot of support I am sure.
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
OK, I'll play. I'm in Utah, so...
Jim Schallheim, University of Utah
1 of 32 Dept of Economics faculty members.
Phillip Bryson, Brigham Young University B. Delworth Gardner, Brigham Young University David Spencer, Brigham Young University
2 of 26 faculty members (Gardner is not listed as a member of the Economics faculty - he is now a fellow with a Libertarian think tank)
Usually these statements are blasted out to everyone in the field using professional and institutional directories. It's fair bet that the 90+% of the faculty that did not sign the statement also did have it sent to them.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
That's a fun game to be honest, pick q state that you live in and vet the profs.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
From CUNY we have 1 professor out of 84 (give or take).
From UTEP we have 2 professors out of 8.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: That's a fun game to be honest, pick q state that you live in and vet the profs.
It is a fun game isn't it. I am a riot at parties! Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Karl Borden, University of Nebraska-Kearney He seems to be in the "Finance and Accounting" department, not the Economics department as you might expect. His education seems to be in getting his MBA and education degrees. There are 11 professors in the Finance department, and 10 in the Economics department.
Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., University of Nebraska at Omaha He is in the Department of Economics. Nine professors in department. Ugly website.
William Walstad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Professor of Economics, so that's good. Twenty-One economics professors here.
So out of 40 economics professors, two have signed it. I personally wouldn't count Dr. Borden as an "economist", but maybe I don't have enough info to judge that.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
There are four signatories from the entire state of Wisconsin. Of those, three are from the Finance, Investment, and Banking department of UW-Milwaukee; one of those is an adjunct. The other is one of sixty-eight faculty in the Economics department at UW-Madison. No other colleges and no other departments are represented.
I just want to point out, though, that while this is a fun exercise, it's by no means any more meaningful than the original list.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: I just want to point out, though, that while this is a fun exercise, it's by no means any more meaningful than the original list.
Uh, yeah, duh? none of us have listed a home state Steve yet.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I have a document signed by 1000 people stating that the Earth is flat.
Where do I submit it so as to get all the encyclopedias changed?
Are all 1000 of these people geologists? Ron's list clearly states it's 645 people whose titles match the subject, not just any person.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by Xavier: Karl Borden, University of Nebraska-Kearney He seems to be in the "Finance and Accounting" department, not the Economics department as you might expect. His education seems to be in getting his MBA and education degrees. There are 11 professors in the Finance department, and 10 in the Economics department.
Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., University of Nebraska at Omaha He is in the Department of Economics. Nine professors in department. Ugly website.
William Walstad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Professor of Economics, so that's good. Twenty-One economics professors here.
So out of 40 economics professors, two have signed it. I personally wouldn't count Dr. Borden as an "economist", but maybe I don't have enough info to judge that.
Professor Walstad's office is in the building next to mine. I'll stop by and ask him what's up.
Posted by Godric 2.0 (Member # 11443) on :
Why aren't more economists billionaires?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: There are four signatories from the entire state of Wisconsin. Of those, three are from the Finance, Investment, and Banking department of UW-Milwaukee; one of those is an adjunct. The other is one of sixty-eight faculty in the Economics department at UW-Madison. No other colleges and no other departments are represented.
I just want to point out, though, that while this is a fun exercise, it's by no means any more meaningful than the original list.
This isn't about WHY Tom but about WHY NOT!? I am NOT about to let a bunch of egghead "Fact Checkers" get in the way of whats convenient for me.
Posted by Thesifer (Member # 12890) on :
Oklahoma State University - 1 out of 24. Ron Moomaw has retired and moved to Virgina.
1 out of 19 for University of Oklahoma, Economics (Where I am an Economics Major.) 2 if you still include William Megginson who has a PhD in Finance, and is not on the Economics staff.
According to the Department of Labor there were 15,000 Non-Academic Economists in the United States in 2008.
900 new Ph.D's are given out in Economics each year.
A quick search hasn't turned up the total number of Academic Economists.
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
I'm kind of disappointed that there isn't anybody from the University of Kansas on the list. I don't know anybody in the econ dept. there personally, but I know people who do, and could probably have gotten information about the people who'd endorsed.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I liked Albert Einstein's response to 100 Authors Against Einstein. "If I had been wrong, then one would have been enough."
Posted by Thesifer (Member # 12890) on :
One problem with economics is that is gets flooded with ideological bias. On both sides. Also money (yes the irony is evident) since many of these professors are on boards for major financial institutions.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: I liked Albert Einstein's response to 100 Authors Against Einstein. "If I had been wrong, then one would have been enough."
Yep, that's a great one.
Truth is not determined via consensus.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Nor, as in the case of that particular book, is incredulity sufficient criticism.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Lyrhawn: Professor Walstad's office is in the building next to mine. I'll stop by and ask him what's up.
I've been monitoring Romney's position statements very closely, and he has yet to publicly release anything that could be described as an economic plan. (Sorry, "People as rich as me pay too much in taxes" ain't an economic plan) So I find myself wondering what the heck those "economist"s are endorsing.
[ September 22, 2012, 09:01 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
They're endorsing a republican presidential candidate. Was that not obvious?
Posted by Parkour (Member # 12078) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: So I find myself wondering what the heck those "economist"s are endorsing.
Warm and comforting platitudes that light like sugar-fairies upon the ears of those who still want to believe in trickle-down economics.
Posted by hef (Member # 12497) on :
One of these esteemed persons tased a college freshman through a doorknob. True story. Oh. He was a college senior at the time.
Posted by katdog42 (Member # 4773) on :
I was already to play the game with my own school, but no names from the University of Louisville. Darn!
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