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Why Weren’t Left Economists More Opposed and More Vocal on the Export-Import Bank?

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  • Veronique de Rugy
  • Ryan Daza
  • Daniel B. Klein

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From 2013 to the present in 2015, the Export-Import Bank has been widely and actively discussed, because its charter was expiring and because people then wrangled (and still wrangle) over its extension and possible recharter. Working from a list of the top 200 economics blogs, we examine the discourse on the Export-Import Bank. We find that classical liberal economists were very often highly vocal in opposition to the institution, but that left economists were mostly silent. The impetus of our investigation is to promote reflection on a question of political psychology: Why weren’t left economists more opposed and more vocal on the issue?

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  • Veronique de Rugy & Ryan Daza & Daniel B. Klein, 2015. "Why Weren’t Left Economists More Opposed and More Vocal on the Export-Import Bank?," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 12(3), pages 346–359-3, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ejw:journl:v:12:y:2015:i:3:p:346-359
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    Keywords

    Export-Import Bank; ideology;

    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General

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