126. You honestly think that the Chicago School economists who advise Obama are
Edited on Sat Jun-21-08 08:08 PM by ryanmuegge
representative of mainstream American public opinion on economic issues?
You said that he (Obama) has to appeal to "moderates" in order to win. How is having a bunch of market fundamentalist academics reaching out to the moderates? These people (the Chicago School economists who serve as Obama's advisors) are likely extremists relative to the aggregate in terms of public opinion. Very few people in this country have a Ph.D in economics. The Chicago School economists that Naomi Klein describes represent an extremist minority. They are by no means moderates.
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