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Relatedly, University of Chicago has a popular survey where they ask Economists their views on policy proposals (along with their confidence in their answers),
by belligeront 3y ago
Relatedly, University of Chicago has a popular survey where they ask Economists their views on policy proposals (along with their confidence in their answers), and their most recent survey was on LVT:
The question:
> Shifting the burden of municipal property taxes towards land and away from improvements such as buildings - as proposed in the Detroit land value tax plan - will enhance the incentives for owners to develop their land and thereby give a substantial boost to local economic growth over a ten-year horizon.
And responses:
7% Strongly Agree, 46% Agreed, 17% Uncertain, 2% Disagree,2% No opinion, 24% Did Not Answer
https://www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/land-value-tax/ https://www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/land-value-tax/
(The link also shows the responses weighted by the responder's confidence, and the individual responses).
- shermantanktop 3y agoOne economist will give you an answer which may or may not be correct. A poll of economists sounds like a good source for /dev/random. In a field which has notable problems with predicting the future, adding more samples may not improve matters.
- readthenotes1 3y agoEconomists are simply modern-day astrologers. Sometimes they get it right.