American Economic Association
The American Economic Association appears in Would you trust an economist with your economy? as the setting for a panel on economics and politics. Ben Castleman describes the session with Jason Furman, other government-experienced economists, and Oren Cass as a scene where professional economics had to answer public and political criticism.
The association matters here because the episode treats the panel as institutional self-examination. The profession is not only debating models; it is being asked why it missed important harms, how much authority it should have in policy, and what it owes the public after visible errors.
Connections
- Ben Castleman, Jason Furman, and Oren Cass - named panel and discussion participants in the source.
- Economist Trust Crisis - professional crisis surfaced by the panel.
- Free Trade Distributional Cost and China Shock - policy mistake branch invoked in the criticism.
- Expert Trust Repair and Economic Way Of Thinking - repair and reasoning frames connected to the episode.