Economistas em questão

Diane Coyle, editora de economia do jornal britânico The Independent, afirma num artigo que os economistas têm de mudar. "...We don’t have nearly enough data. We don’t interpret it with sufficient care and we don’t use evidence to inform theory enough either. Economists do need to take both data and methodology far more seriously as a practical day-to-day matter.  But there is still hope for economics. A new economics curriculum has been developed which several universities could start piloting from autumn 2014; economists are steadily embracing the behavioural findings of psychologists and cognitive scientists about people’s preferences; economists and economic policymakers are beginning to acknowledge the enthusiasm for  randomised control trials and field experiments. Therefore, although the field of economics needs much reform and regeneration, economists can learn and grow from the mistakes which culminated in 2008 to develop economics into a balanced, modern study..."