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It is better to have a strong reference from a decent professor; a "mild" or lukewarm recommendation can work against you. It is important to have at least one, preferably two or all three, of your recommendations from economics professors. Recommendations from other people who are closely enough involved in the economics field to credibly know what is required of graduate students in economics, and how you compare to other applicants to graduate economics programs, are acceptable but probably do not carry as much weight as recommendations from academic economists.
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