Systematically Biased Beliefs about Economics: Robust Evidence of Judgemental Anomalies from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy
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Ordinary people and economists systematically disagree about the economy, and the gap survives checks for economists' self-interest, their politics, and even general education. This shows the public's economic views really are biased in a robust way that simple alternatives cannot explain away. It reports survey analysis that rejects self-serving and ideological accounts and finds training effects remain large after education controls.
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