在布鲁金斯研究所（Brookings Institution）的罗伯特·利坦（Robert Litan）在其新著《万亿美元经济学家 》 （ Trillion Dollar Economists）中指出，经济学界“为美国和世界其他地区创造了数万亿美元收入和财富。
In his new book Trillion Dollar Economists, Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution argues that the economics profession has “created trillions of dollars of income and wealth for the United States and the rest of the world.”