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Economists at the Fed skew Democrat 10 to 1. https://www.independent.org/tir/2022-fall/political-affiliations-of-federal-reserve-economists https://www.independ
by rayiner 1y ago
Economists at the Fed skew Democrat 10 to 1. https://www.independent.org/tir/2022-fall/political-affiliations-of-federal-reserve-economists https://www.independent.org/tir/2022-fall/political-affiliat.... In a 2006 study of economists, Democrats outnumbered Republicans 2.5 to 1: https://econfaculty.gmu.edu/klein/PdfPapers/KS_PublCh06.pdf https://econfaculty.gmu.edu/klein/PdfPapers/KS_PublCh06.pdf
Although it’s not really a partisan issue. Establishment republicans and establish democrats both support the central banking system.
- user____name 1y agoWorth noting this might be more indicative of the state of modern US politics than any bias within the profession. Science professions as a whole overwhelmingly skew Democrat, it's not hard to imagine why.
- JamesBarney 1y agoI'm pretty sure it's that professors skew left, and science professors skew less to the left than other professors.