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"Bush's Policies 'Poor,' Say 65% of Economics Professors"
"CLEVELAND -- President George W. Bush's economics policies get an overall rating of "poor," say 65% of the respondents to a survey of college economics faculty at the top 30 economics departments in the country. Fully 87%think Bush's series of tax cuts, championed by the administration as the right solution to a sluggish U.S. economy, were poorly designed to provide fiscal stimulus.The survey was conducted by Mark Votruba, assistant professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. "The results were striking," Votruba said. "It was clear that the majority of surveyed economics experts in the top collegiate economics departments believe the president's policies are not what the nation needs."When asked which candidate would be more beneficial to an average elderly American, respondents choose Kerry by a margin of 16 to 1. For a family of four earning $50,000 a year, the margin was 14 to 1. For a new college graduate entering the work force, the margin was 5 to 1.Survey respondents include 319 economics faculty members at the top 30 university economics departments in the United States. Respondents favored Sen. John Kerry's economic policy over Bush's as better across a range of economic issues including job growth, management of the federal deficit and long-term economic growth.Visit Case Western Reserve University: www.case.edu"