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Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-the-fairest-of-them-all dept.

Buffaloaf writes "Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, wanted to have unbiased information about which presidential candidate would be better for the economy, so he financed his own survey of 500 economists. He gives a bit more detail about the results in a CNN editorial, along with disclosure of his own biases and guesses as to the biases of the economists who responded."

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  1. Re:Interesting Read by hesiod · · Score: 5, Funny

    > It's not a black and white choice, but one of grays

    That's right. Some people are trying to make this election revolve around racial issues, when in reality it should be about species. THEY'RE BOTH ALIENS! EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!

  2. Re:Interesting Read by hondo77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't blame me. I'm voting for Kodos.

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  3. Re:Wait .... by cat_jesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    all our republican Presidents since the 80s have been GOP, so what difference does it make?

    How observant of you. Did you also notice that all our Caucasian presidents have been white?

  4. Re:The majority of economists are Democrats? by Linux_ho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two economists are walking down the street. One says to the other, "hey -- isn't that a hundred dollar bill lying on the ground over there?" The other replies, "No, it can't be. If it was, someone would have picked it up by now."

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  5. Re:The majority of economists are Democrats? by indifferent+children · · Score: 5, Funny
    not even pretending to beleive in markets any more

    (pssst, hey: this is not a good week to be slamming people for not "believing in markets". for that matter, next week doesn't look so good, either.)

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  6. Re:The majority of economists are Democrats? by jbeach · · Score: 5, Funny
    An economist and an accountant are walking down the street. They see a pile of dog crap. The economist says to the accountant, "I'll bet you $20 you won't eat that."

    The accountant takes the bet, kneels down and eats the crap. The economist pays him $20. They start walking again.

    Around the next corner, they see another pile of dog crap. The accountant says, "I'll bet you $20 you won't eat *that*." The economist thinks about it, and wants his $20 back, so he kneels down and eats it. The accountant pays him.

    They continue walking. About a block later the accountant says, "Hey, wait a minute. We've both eaten dog crap, and neither of us have any more money than when we started."

    The economist says, "Yes - but between us we've generated $40 for the economy!"

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