Surveying Economists

The results of a new survey of members of the American Economic Association suggest that the Show-Me Institute is in good company.

The survey finds economists in consensus on several key policy issues:

• 51.6 percent agree: “The U.S. should place more stringent caps on medical malpractice awards.”
• 63.7 percent agree: “Barriers to entering the medical profession should be reduced.”
• 78.3 percent agree: “Government subsidies on ethanol in the U.S. should be” reduced at least somewhat.
• 42.4 percent agree: “State governments in the U.S. should eliminate mandates about what health insurance must cover.”
• 62 percent disagree: “Employers in the U.S. should be required to provide health insurance to their full-time employees.”

Other interesting results:

• 83.3 percent agree: “The U.S. should eliminate remaining tariffs and other barriers to trade.”
• 70.3 percent agree: “The U.S. should allow payments to organ donors and their families.”