Økonomiske sandheder eller bare sjusket journalistik? om eksperter og mikrofonholderi

Economic experts in the Media – informing, producing ideology or…?

The most frequently quoted Danish economic experts draw on the same economic ideas. They agree on basic issues such as fear of a growing public sector, abolition of taxes targeted at people with higher incomes and shortening of the period in which one can receive unemployment benefits. This consensus is not challenged by journalists but rather canvassed. Hereby, the image of economics as an objective science is ’sold’ to the public. Drawbacks, unintended consequences and fundamental uncertainty related to the implementation of economic reforms are neglected by experts as well as journalists – to the detriment of a broader and more nuanced public debate.