| Macroeconomist's name | IDEAS rank | Political affiliation | Views on fiscal stimulus |
| Robert J. Barro | 3 | Republican?, no political appointments | Tax-cuts not spending |
| Robert E. Lucas | 5 | ? | Con, but concerned about sudden drop in consumption |
| Edward C. Prescott | 7 | He signed a statment opposing Obama's tax/trade policy | ? |
| Martin S. Feldstein ((Feldstein has a short NBER paper on fiscal policy (with no model) and he's also written against Ricardian equivalence but he doesn't usually write on macro stuff.)) | 8 | "conservative" | Pro, likes military spending |
| Daron Acemoglu ((Technically Acemoglu is a growth economist, but he writes about everything. EVERYTHING.)) | 10 | ? | Con, worries about long term consequences |
| Olivier Blanchard | 13 | ? | Pro |
| Mark L. Gertler | 14 | ? | ?, but he says monetary policy can still be effective |
| Thomas J. Sargent | 17 | ? | Con |
| Lars E. O. Svensson | 21 | ? | ?, but has written on the effectiveness of monetary policy when interest rates are zero |
| N. Gregory Mankiw | 22 | Republican | Con |
| Jordi Galí | 25 | ? | ?, his research is the only legitimately modern macro that shows fiscal stimuls can work |
| Ben S. Bernanke | 33 | Republican appointee | His public statements are Pro, but I'm not sure what his private opinions are. His research is all money all the time. |
| Michael Woodford | 34 | ? | ?, but in a survey has said the consensus is "fiscal measures are not suitable for accurate 'fine-tuning', even if it is not agreed that they have little effect." |
| John B. Taylor | 49 | Republican appointee | Pro, but has shown the recent tax rebate was ineffective at stimulus |