Economists' spectacular failure to foresee crucial recent developments – including the collapse in the US housing market, the onset of the global financial crisis, and the duration and depth of the Great Recession – has powerfully undermined the credibility of the discipline's models and assumptions. What went wrong, and how can economists regain the trust of policymakers and citizens?
Misinformation Decided the US Election
J. Bradford DeLong
asks why Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly held a distorted view of the country’s situation.
