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10 Things Economists Believe
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| Where they agree |
|---|
| Rent control limits quantity/quality of housing | 93 % |
| Tariffs and quotas reduce economic welfare | 93 % |
| The United States should not restrict employers from outsourcing work to foreign countries. | 90 % |
| Floating exchange rates are effective international monetary policy | 90 % |
| The United States should eliminate agricultural subsidies | 85 % |
| The gap between Social Security funds and expenditures will become unsustainably large within the next fifty years if current policies remain unchanged | 85 % |
| Large federal deficits adversely affect the economy | 83 % |
| Welfare should be administered as a negative income tax | 79 % |
| A minimum wage increases unemployment among young and unskilled workers | 79 % |
| Taxes and permits are a better way to control pollution than pollution ceilings | 78 % |
