Economist Poll: Most Economists Prefer Kerry Economic Plan

Published on October 12, 2004 By blogic In Politics

For those of you who don't read The Economist, it's about as solidly old-style freemarket capitalist as you can get. It favors low taxes, disciplined budgets, minimal regulation, and free trade. They polled economists -- not exactly a group known for being left wing on economic policy -- and got these results:

In an informal poll of 100 academics, conducted by The Economist, Mr Bush's policies win low marks. More than 70% of the 56 professors who responded to our survey rate Mr Bush's first-term economic policies as bad or very bad. Fewer than 20% give positive marks to Mr Bush's second-term economic agenda, and almost six out of ten disapproved. Mr Kerry hardly got rave reviews either, but his economic plan still fared better than the president's did. In all, four out of ten professors rated Mr Kerry's economic plan as good or very good, but 27% gave it negative scores.

In other words, twice as many economists gave good marks to kerry, and over twice as many economists gave bad marks to Bush.

Ouch.

Additionally, of those who would accept a policy job in government, 80% would prefer to work for Kerry. As The Economist says: "the results are fairly striking."

Comments (Page 2)

russellmz2

on Oct 13, 2004

drmiler:

You have not responded to what Grim X said. all you did was to repeat what you had said before. A Nobel Prize winning "Economist" says that they're wrong.
Here's the link one more time.: Link

wtf are you talking about? grim x said ONE nobel economist is for bush and made remarks how we should listen to a nobel economist, i posted a link to where TEN nobel prize winning economists say they back kerry.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5818277

John Kerry won the endorsement of 10 Nobel Prize-winning economists Wednesday as he attacked President Bush for policies that he said have led to the creation of only low-paying jobs.

The Democratic presidential nominee released a letter from the economists saying the Bush administration had “embarked on a reckless and extreme course that endangers the long-term economic health of our nation.”

They cited “poorly designed” tax cuts that instead of creating jobs have turned budget surpluses into enormous budget deficits, a “fiscal irresponsibility threatens the long-term economic security and prosperity of our nation.”

you both keep making a big deal that a nobel "Economist" (your caps) backed bush, here i have a cite for ten backing kerry.

Grim Xiozan

on Oct 13, 2004

Keep in mind from what I have seen the DNC is more likely to quickly parade out expert after expert to prove their point.

Economists Say Bush, Kerry Job Plans Fall Short
Both proposals seen as costly with limited impact on deficit
Link to News Article

- Grim X
Anti-Demican Anti-Republicrat Libertarian

Somehow you missed Reply #14, why was it because the story was released TODAY?

- Grim X

Grim Xiozan

on Oct 13, 2004

you both keep making a big deal that a nobel "Economist" (your caps) backed bush, here i have a cite for ten backing kerry

You keep missing the point of that one, the Economist said BUSH'S TAX CUTS WERE NOT DEEP ENOUGH, if the guy was PRO-BUSH he would be saying that Bush's tax cuts were JUST RIGHT, RIGHT?

- Grim X

russellmz2

on Oct 13, 2004

my bad grim x, still, it's 10 nobel economists vs 1.

Grim Xiozan

on Oct 13, 2004

Do know you can lower the tax rate and collect revenue that is greater or equal to of the higher tax rate OR should we not listen to an Economist on that either?

- Grim X

Is what drmiler was talking about not the Economist part.

- Grim X

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