abstract:This is an alphabetical list by surname of notable economists, experts in the social science of economics, past and present. For a history of economics, see the article History of economic thought.
Milton Friedman leads a listof more than 500 economists from around the U.S. who today will publicly endorse a Harvard University economist's report on the costs of marijuana prohibition and the potential revenue gains from the U.S. government instead legalizing it and taxing its sale.
The government has realised that some sectors will fall outside the points system in this way, so it has appointed a panel ofeconomists to draw up a listof occupations that will be allowed to skip it.