The word "economists" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a person who specializes in the study of economics, or the social science of analyzing the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. An example of using the word "economists" in a sentence is: "The economists agreed that the new government policies would likely lead to an increase in inflation." This sentence is discussing the opinions and analysis of a group of economists regarding the economic effects of certain government actions.
Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot but not contributing to it.
Economists generally agree that the key to addressing climate change is to raise the cost of burning fossil fuels, either directly, through a carbon tax, or indirectly, through a cap-and-trade program.
Summers pointed to the example of Sweden, which was regularly cited by economists who favored nationalization.
This is particularly notable because economists are, at heart, statisticians.
Prices are down nearly 20% on their 2007 peak, but many economists have said the full decline will be 30%.
Further ahead, economists warn that a €7.2bn package would merely buy some time for Athens but by no means guarantee Greece could remain in the eurozone – something polls suggest most Greeks want.
While it is easy to see why a book like this would receive such intense interest from economists, who are engineered to concern themselves with questions like these, it is, perhaps, more difficult to understand how Capital became a book that would top the summer reading lists of thousands of beach-bound, working class adults.
Economists cannot, except by using statistical regressions which are often flawed and prove little.
There's no doubt that many of us do – but according to the latest findings from a group of economists at the University of Southern California, it's clear that it's not just white girls with serious eating problems.
And that includes Democrats, independents and a lot of Republicans across the country, as well as independent economists and budget experts.
The questions economists seek to answer, the tools they use to help find the answers (that's principally maths, rather than the applied topics that research suggests women are drawn to), the standard assumptions they make along the way (that people are emotionless, free and selfish), and the things they choose to measure all reflect a traditional and stereotypical male way of looking at the world.
