Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
- Written by Aeimit Lakdawala, Associate Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University
Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than Democrats do – and because of this partisan optimism, their forecasts end up being less accurate.
I’m an economist, and my colleagues and I found this by analyzing nearly 40 years of responses to The Wall Street Journal’s Econ...