One proposition asked whether "tariffs and import quotas usually reduce general economic welfare." In each of the surveys spanning three decades, 94% to 95% of economists surveyed agreed that ...

The UK government is fighting to defend new welfare cuts that independent economists, think tanks and even some of its own backbench MPs warn will force tens of thousands of people into economic ...

Opinions vary among economists as to the exact definition of an economic supercycle as well ... Reductions in social welfare programs and income inequality also tend to occur during a supercycle.