Only six months ago, most American economists still wanted to see the economy cool off.

Yet most American economists and politicians do not see the nation's future in agriculture.

Some American economists challenge the idea of trade as a zero-sum game transaction.

Like many American economists, she regards it as a danger to an open trading system.

But if the economy slides into a recession in the near future, it will come as a surprise to the large majority of American economists.

The consensus among American economists is for strong growth in the first half of the year.

But even the American economists who follow the Japanese economy are not sure how much policy has actually changed.

A number of top American economists think the dollar could fall still further, perhaps as much as 5 to 10 percent.

How many American economists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Such growth is not possible, according to the great majority of American economists.