RUNNING ECONOMICS DOWN: FACT AND FANTASY IN THE PRESENTATION OF ECONOMISTS IN THE MEDIA

William Coleman

doi:10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00353.x

RUNNING ECONOMICS DOWN: FACT AND FANTASY IN THE PRESENTATION OF ECONOMISTS IN THE MEDIA

William Coleman^*

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This paper surveys the denigration of economics and economists in the media and evaluates the truthfulness of the media's principal assertions. It seeks to answer the following questions: (a) why is economics denigrated in the media? (b) why are economists silent in the face of such denigration? and (c) what might be done?.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-72
Number of pages	15
Journal	Economic Papers
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00353.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2004

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