41.   Economists can argue it either way.

42.   Economists did not argue that all investors had to be rational for the market to work efficiently.

43.   Economists have long argued that deficit spending can be a useful tool to help the nation avoid or recover from a serious recession.

44.   Economists will argue how much government funding of research and development leads or follows corporate research and development.

45.   Even if that is true, most economists argue that fine-tuning the economy is best done, if at all, by changing interest rates.

46.   Further, economists argue that deficits can drive up mortgage interest rates, and that tends to hurt middle-income people.

47.   However, few economists argued that there had been no improvement at all.

48.   If the indexes keep rising, many economists argue, the stock market will continue to fuel consumer spending.

49.   If the indexes keep rising, some economists argue, the stock market will continue to fuel consumer spending.

50.   In the more unequal nations, economists argue, more people lack access to the education and training that would enable them to contribute to economic growth.