[2] As of 2011, the editor-in-chief was Daniel B. Klein, a libertarian economist and professor at George Mason University.

[5] A 2010 study by Klein and Zeljka Buturovic published in Econ Journal Watch purported to show that conservatives and libertarians were better informed than liberals about economics.

[6][7] After receiving criticism, the authors adjusted their research questions in a new study, and published its different findings in 2011.

[7][3][8][9] Jonathan Chait of The New Republic, who had called the 2010 study "hackery" and "obviously designed to portray conservatives as better informed",[6] offered the authors praise in 2011 for the revisions.

[7] A study published in Econ Journal Watch in 2016 said that American university professors were much more likely to be Democrats than Republicans.