Social Science Research Council
New Forms of Communication and the Public Mission of Economics: Overcoming the Great Disconnect
Submitted by Mark Thoma, University of OregonEconomics has a long history of engagement on important public policy issues, and its early history was driven in large part by the desire to answer important public policy questions. However, ties between academic economists and the public, the press, policymakers, and economists in business and government have declined in recent decades.{{1}} This has reduced […]