June 7, 2010, 9:00 AM
Does Studying Economics Make You More Republican?
By PATRICK MCGEEHAN
[...] Most notably, the study found that the more economics classes a person took, the more likely he or she was to be a member of the Republican Party and to donate money to a political candidate or a cause. [...]
The more economics courses they had completed, the more likely they were to agree that tariffs reduce economic welfare and that increases in the minimum wage raise unemployment, and the less likely they were to think that trade deficits adversely affect the economy and that government should regulate oil prices.
“In sum,” the study said, “those taking more economics classes favored less regulation or government intervention affecting prices for specific goods and services, including wages and salaries.”
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/does-studying-economics-make-you-more-republican/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Do NYT, bastião da esquerda no mundo civilizado. E agora, esquerdistas ultra-regulamentistas desenfreados?
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