From a newly published article here.
Before anyone on this list gets too much of a swollen head, note that everyone after the top 4 got between 5 and 10 votes out of 299 professors surveyed (there was another group at 4 votes, including a certain J. S*chs). There also seems to be a sheer name recognition effect over-representing economists that show up in the news media, kind of the same way that Donald Trump was leading in the Republican nomination polls recently.
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Why did the survey truncate the options to so that one can only choose from those who are under-60? Surely not to claim that this is a choice of the most popular “young” economists?
This reminds me of Trivial Pursuit questions that begin with something like “Female American aviator in the 1930s who…”
Agree with Inde…the “Under 60″ criteria seems arbitrary and almost dubious. Also, kind of surprised that Esther Duflo is not up there.
Paul Krugman? “Economist” and “Economist for hire” are two different things.
I’m surprised Joe Stiglitz isn’t on the graph.
There are similar charts for other groups of economists, over 60, dead 20th century, pre-20th century etc.
This survey would’ve been more interesting is Trump had been listed as an option
Looks like the graph is a little skewed to one direction.
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