美國總統歐巴馬說：「不管是在政治光譜的哪一端的經濟學家，現在都一致同意擴大政府支出來刺激經濟是必要舉措！」
事實上，許多經濟學家根本不同意上述的鬼話！
數百位學者，包含了諾貝爾經濟學獎得主與其他頗富名望的經濟學家，聯名簽署了一篇重要聲明，由美國智庫–CATO Institute–在全美重要新聞媒體上刊載廣告，反對歐巴馬的刺激經濟方案。
http://www.cato.org/bannerads/disagree2.swf
廣告內容我大約翻譯如下：
標題：敬愛的總統先生，事情不是那樣的！
並非所有的經濟學家都吃凱因斯經濟學那套，我們就不支持大幅增加政府支出！下面聯名之人，均不相信擴大政府支出是救經濟的良方。在1930年代，胡佛總統與羅斯福總統時期，擴大的政府支出並未將美國救出於「大蕭條」的水深火熱之中。更多的政府支出也沒有讓日本從「失落之十年」的1990年代中脫困。今日，相信擴大政府支出可以拯救美國，是希望大於經驗。救經濟，施政者理應著重在清除勞動、儲蓄、投資與生產面的不當法規障礙；低稅率以及減少政府支出才是啟動經濟成長的最佳財政王道！
反觀深信「愛台十二建設」與擴大政府支出可以救台灣經濟的馬政府，未免太一廂情願地天真了。我不是反對政府做好基礎建設，但是我反對這種相信擴大政府支出可以救經濟的愚蠢觀點！更反對為了這愚蠢觀點而去擴大政府支出！
以下是在聲明書上屬名的經濟學家名單：
- Burton Abrams, Univ. of Delaware
- Douglas Adie, Ohio University
- Ryan Amacher, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
- J.J. Arias, Georgia College & State University
- Howard Baetjer, Jr., Towson University
- Stacie Beck, Univ. of Delaware
- Don Bellante, Univ. of South Florida
- James Bennett, George Mason University
- Bruce Benson, Florida State University
- Sanjai Bhagat, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
- Mark Bils, Univ. of Rochester
- Alberto Bisin, New York University
- Walter Block, Loyola University New Orleans
- Cecil Bohanon, Ball State University
- Michele Boldrin, Washington University in St. Louis
- Donald Booth, Chapman University
- Michael Bordo, Rutgers University
- Samuel Bostaph, Univ. of Dallas
- Scott Bradford, Brigham Young University
- Genevieve Briand, Eastern Washington University
- George Brower, Moravian College
- James Buchanan, Nobel laureate
- Richard Burdekin, Claremont McKenna College
- Henry Butler, Northwestern University
- William Butos, Trinity College
- Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
- Bryan Caplan, George Mason University
- Art Carden, Rhodes College
- James Cardon, Brigham Young University
- Dustin Chambers, Salisbury University
- Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College
- V.V. Chari, Univ. of Minnesota
- Barry Chiswick, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
- Lawrence Cima, John Carroll University
- J.R. Clark, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Gian Luca Clementi, New York University
- R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
- John Cochran, Metropolitan State College
- John Cochrane, Univ. of Chicago
- John Cogan, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- John Coleman, Duke University
- Boyd Collier, Tarleton State University
- Robert Collinge, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
- Lee Coppock, Univ. of Virginia
- Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University
- Christopher Culp, Univ. of Chicago
- Kirby Cundiff, Northeastern State University
- Antony Davies, Duquesne University
- John Dawson, Appalachian State University
- Clarence Deitsch, Ball State University
- Arthur Diamond, Jr., Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
- John Dobra, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
- James Dorn, Towson University
- Christopher Douglas, Univ. of Michigan, Flint
- Floyd Duncan, Virginia Military Institute
- Francis Egan, Trinity College
- John Egger, Towson University
- Kenneth Elzinga, Univ. of Virginia
- Paul Evans, Ohio State University
- Eugene Fama, Univ. of Chicago
- W. Ken Farr, Georgia College & State University
- Hartmut Fischer, Univ. of San Francisco
- Fred Foldvary, Santa Clara University
- Murray Frank, Univ. of Minnesota
- Peter Frank, Wingate University
- Timothy Fuerst, Bowling Green State University
- B. Delworth Gardner, Brigham Young University
- John Garen, Univ. of Kentucky
- Rick Geddes, Cornell University
- Aaron Gellman, Northwestern University
- William Gerdes, Clarke College
- Michael Gibbs, Univ. of Chicago
- Stephan Gohmann, Univ. of Louisville
- Rodolfo Gonzalez, San Jose State University
- Richard Gordon, Penn State University
- Peter Gordon, Univ. of Southern California
- Ernie Goss, Creighton University
- Paul Gregory, Univ. of Houston
- Earl Grinols, Baylor University
- Daniel Gropper, Auburn University
- R.W. Hafer, Southern Illinois
- University, Edwardsville
- Arthur Hall, Univ. of Kansas
- Steve Hanke, Johns Hopkins
- Stephen Happel, Arizona State University
- Frank Hefner, College of Charleston
- Ronald Heiner, George Mason University
- David Henderson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Robert Herren, North Dakota State University
- Gailen Hite, Columbia University
- Steven Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
- John Howe, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
- Jeffrey Hummel, San Jose State University
- Bruce Hutchinson, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Brian Jacobsen, Wisconsin Lutheran College
- Jason Johnston, Univ. of Pennsylvania
- Boyan Jovanovic, New York University
- Jonathan Karpoff, Univ. of Washington
- Barry Keating, Univ. of Notre Dame
- Naveen Khanna, Michigan State University
- Nicholas Kiefer, Cornell University
- Daniel Klein, George Mason University
- Paul Koch, Univ. of Kansas
- Narayana Kocherlakota, Univ. of Minnesota
- Marek Kolar, Delta College
- Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Kishore Kulkarni, Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Deepak Lal, UCLA
- George Langelett, South Dakota State University
- James Larriviere, Spring Hill College
- Robert Lawson, Auburn University
- John Levendis, Loyola University New Orleans
- David Levine, Washington University in St. Louis
- Peter Lewin, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Dean Lillard, Cornell University
- Zheng Liu, Emory University
- Alan Lockard, Binghampton University
- Edward Lopez, San Jose State University
- John Lunn, Hope College
- Glenn MacDonald, Washington
- University in St. Louis
- Michael Marlow, California
- Polytechnic State University
- Deryl Martin, Tennessee Tech University
- Dale Matcheck, Northwood University
- Deirdre McCloskey, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
- John McDermott, Univ. of South Carolina
- Joseph McGarrity, Univ. of Central Arkansas
- Roger Meiners, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
- Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University
- John Merrifield, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
- James Miller III, George Mason University
- Jeffrey Miron, Harvard University
- Thomas Moeller, Texas Christian University
- John Moorhouse, Wake Forest University
- Andrea Moro, Vanderbilt University
- Andrew Morriss, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Michael Munger, Duke University
- Kevin Murphy, Univ. of Southern California
- Richard Muth, Emory University
- Charles Nelson, Univ. of Washington
- Seth Norton, Wheaton College
- Lee Ohanian, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
- Lydia Ortega, San Jose State University
- Evan Osborne, Wright State University
- Randall Parker, East Carolina University
- Donald Parsons, George Washington University
- Sam Peltzman, Univ. of Chicago
- Mark Perry, Univ. of Michigan, Flint
- Christopher Phelan, Univ. of Minnesota
- Gordon Phillips, Univ. of Maryland
- Michael Pippenger, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
- Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University
- Brennan Platt, Brigham Young University
- Joseph Pomykala, Towson University
- William Poole, Univ. of Delaware
- Barry Poulson, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
- Benjamin Powell, Suffolk University
- Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate
- Gary Quinlivan, Saint Vincent College
- Reza Ramazani, Saint Michael’s College
- Adriano Rampini, Duke University
- Eric Rasmusen, Indiana University
- Mario Rizzo, New York University
- Richard Roll, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
- Robert Rossana, Wayne State University
- James Roumasset, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
- John Rowe, Univ. of South Florida
- Charles Rowley, George Mason University
- Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University
- Roy Ruffin, Univ. of Houston
- Kevin Salyer, Univ. of California, Davis
- Pavel Savor, Univ. of Pennsylvania
- Ronald Schmidt, Univ. of Rochester
- Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University
- William Shughart II, Univ. of Mississippi
- Charles Skipton, Univ. of Tampa
- James Smith, Western Carolina University
- Vernon Smith, Nobel laureate
- Lawrence Sout
hwick, Jr., Univ. at Buffalo - Dean Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Houston Stokes, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
- Brian Strow, Western Kentucky University
- Shirley Svorny, California State
- University, Northridge
- John Tatom, Indiana State University
- Wade Thomas, State University of New York at Oneonta
- Henry Thompson, Auburn University
- Alex Tokarev, The King’s College
- Edward Tower, Duke University
- Leo Troy, Rutgers University
- David Tuerck, Suffolk University
- Charlotte Twight, Boise State University
- Kamal Upadhyaya, Univ. of New Haven
- Charles Upton, Kent State University
- T. Norman Van Cott, Ball State University
- Richard Vedder, Ohio University
- Richard Wagner, George Mason University
- Douglas M. Walker, College of Charleston
- Douglas O. Walker, Regent University
- Christopher Westley, Jacksonville State University
- Lawrence White, Univ. of Missouri at St. Louis
- Walter Williams, George Mason University
- Doug Wills, Univ. of Washington Tacoma
- Dennis Wilson, Western Kentucky University
- Gary Wolfram, Hillsdale College
- Huizhong Zhou, Western Michigan University
Additional economists who have signed the statement
- Lee Adkins, Oklahoma State University
- William Albrecht, Univ. of Iowa
- Donald Alexander, Western Michigan University
- Geoffrey Andron, Austin Community College
- Nathan Ashby, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
- George Averitt, Purdue North Central University
- Charles Baird, California State University, East Bay
- Timothy Bastian, Creighton University
- Joe Bell, Missouri State University, Springfield
- John Bethune, Barton College
- Robert Bise, Orange Coast College
- Karl Borden, University of Nebraska
- Donald Boudreaux, George Mason University
- Ivan Brick, Rutgers University
- Phil Bryson, Brigham Young University
- Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University
- Edwin Burton, Univ. of Virginia
- Jim Butkiewicz, Univ. of Delaware
- Richard Cebula, Armstrong Atlantic State University
- Don Chance, Louisiana State University
- Robert Chatfield, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Lloyd Cohen, George Mason University
- Peter Colwell, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Michael Connolly, Univ. of Miami
- Jim Couch, Univ. of North Alabama
- Eleanor Craig, Univ. of Delaware
- Michael Daniels, Columbus State University
- A. Edward Day, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Stephen Dempsey, Univ. of Vermont
- Allan DeSerpa, Arizona State University
- William Dewald, Ohio State University
- Jeff Dorfman, Univ. of Georgia
- Lanny Ebenstein, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
- Michael Erickson, The College of Idaho
- Jack Estill, San Jose State University
- Dorla Evans, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
- Frank Falero, California State University, Bakersfield
- Daniel Feenberg, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Eric Fisher, California Polytechnic State University
- Arthur Fleisher, Metropolitan State College of Denver
- William Ford, Middle Tennessee State University
- Ralph Frasca, Univ. of Dayton
- Joseph Giacalone, St. John’s University
- Adam Gifford, California State Unviersity, Northridge
- Otis Gilley, Louisiana Tech University
- J. Edward Graham, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- Richard Grant, Lipscomb University
- Gauri-Shankar Guha, Arkansas State University
- Darren Gulla, Univ. of Kentucky
- Dennis Halcoussis, California State University, Northridge
- Richard Hart, Miami University
- James Hartley, Mount Holyoke College
- Thomas Hazlett, George Mason University
- Scott Hein, Texas Tech University
- Bradley Hobbs, Florida Gulf Coast University
- John Hoehn, Michigan State University
- Daniel Houser, George Mason University
- Thomas Howard, University of Denver
- Chris Hughen, Univ. of Denver
- Marcus Ingram, Univ. of Tampa
- Joseph Jadlow, Oklahoma State University
- Sherry Jarrell, Wake Forest University
- Scott Kelly, Albany State University
- Carrie Kerekes, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Robert Krol, California State University, Northridge
- James Kurre, Penn State Erie
- Tom Lehman, Indiana Wesleyan University
- W. Cris Lewis, Utah State University
- Stan Liebowitz, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Anthony Losasso, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
- John Lott, Jr., Univ. of Maryland
- Keith Malone, Univ. of North Alabama
- Henry Manne, George Mason University
- Richard Marcus, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- James Barney Marsh, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Timothy Mathews, Kennesaw State University
- John Matsusaka, Univ. of Southern California
- Thomas Mayor, Univ. of Houston
- John McConnell, Purdue University
- W. Douglas McMillin, Louisiana State University
- Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University
- Ed Miseta, Penn State Erie
- James Moncur, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
- Charles Moss, Univ. of Florida
- Tim Muris, George Mason University
- John Murray, Univ. of Toledo
- David Mustard, Univ. of Georgia
- Steven Myers, Univ. of Akron
- Dhananjay Nanda, University of Miami
- Stephen Parente, Univ. of Minnesota
- Allen Parkman, Univ. of New Mexico
- Douglas Patterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University
- Timothy Perri, Appalachian State University
- Mark Pingle, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
- Ivan Pongracic, Hillsdale College
- Robert Prati, East Carolina University
- Richard Rawlins, Missouri Southern State University
- Thomas Rhee, California State University, Long Beach
- Christine Ries, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Nancy Roberts, Arizona State University
- Larry Ross, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage
- Timothy Roth, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
- Atulya Sarin, Santa Clara University
- Thomas Saving, Texas A&M University
- Eric Schansberg, Indiana University Southeast
- John Seater, North Carolina University
- Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Southern California
- Thomas Simmons, Greenfield Community College
- W. James Smith, University of Colorado Denver
- Frank Spreng, McKendree University
- Judith Staley Brenneke, John Carroll University
- John E. Stapleford, Eastern University
- Courtenay Stone, Ball State University
- Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA
- Scott Sumner, Bentley University
- Clifford Thies, Shenandoah University
- William Trumbull, West Virginia University
- A. Sinan Unur, Cornell University
- Randall Valentine, Georgia Southwestern State University
- Gustavo Ventura, Univ. of Iowa
- Marc Weidenmier, Claremont McKenna College
- Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University
- Gene Wunder, Washburn University
- John Zdanowicz, Florida International University
- Jerry Zimmerman, Univ. of Rochester
- Joseph Zoric, Franciscan University of Steubenville
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