Many economists still expect the Fed to lower interest rates, as an anti-recession move, rather than raising them to fight inflation and support the dollar.

Now an economist who has studied salary arbitration supports that belief.

What would persuade these economists to support rate cuts?

The changes that economists support are a hard sell to voters even in good times, and petrify many of them when unemployment is high.

No reputable economist of any political stripe would support it.

Some Republican-leaning economists support the new ideas, in principle.

So economists who actually believe the things they teach generally support a much more aggressive program of environmental protection than the one we actually have.

So analysts and economists generally support programs like the Future Fund.

And many supply-side economists support permanent tax cuts, saying this will fuel investment.

Some economists now support a new course that deals with Asian nations more aggressively, forcing them to open their markets.