September 17, 2008, 12:20 pm Economists Speak About the ElectionBy Justin WolfersScott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, is interested in electing the candidate who will be best for the economy. But along the way he has learned the iron law of the political marketplace: there is an excess supply of political blowhards, and far too few unbiased experts. Even worse, it is hard to sort out just who is an expert and who is a blowhard.
But Scott had an ingenious insight: an anonymous survey of leading economists might yield an unbiased snapshot of the opinion of professional economists. He paid a survey company to survey over 500 members of the American Economic Association, and he just released the findings.
The headline: Overall, 59 percent of his respondents think Obama would be best for the economy’s long-term prospects, compared to 31 percent for McCain, while 10 percent thought there would be no difference.
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http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/economists-speak-about-the-election/#more-3089 I'm telling you, the economists and financiers know perfectly well who's more competent. Here are results from the linked page on specific issues:
International trade is the only one McCain leads on.