Marginal Revolution pointed me to this new tool by Chris Said: Which Famous Economist Are You Most Similar To? The tool asks you for your opinions on a number of different policies and the state of the art in economic theory and evidence. The questions are the same that have recently been asked of the Initiative on Global Markets panel of experts. Then based on your responses, it tells you which economist (from the panel) you are most similar to. You get an output that looks like this:
Yes, that's mine. I'm most similar in opinions to Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University) according to the tool.. But eyeballing the graph, my dot looks far closer to the dot just up and to the right of mine, belonging to Richard Schmalensee (MIT).
The only downside of the tool is that you need to be reasonably familiar with US policy debates to get the most out of it. Aside from that caveat, try it out for youself!
[HT: Marginal Revolution]
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