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julescrittenden.com - 11/8/2008

Pre-POTUS

— julescrittenden.com — There's a lot to like about our young, charismatic, easy-going, wildly popular president-elect. More press conferences like... yesterday's, please, in which, a couple months in advance to taking office, he began establishing the nation's economic policy ... (more) Pre-POTUS

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Mankiw’s Economic Advice for Obama
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] Harvard Economics Professor Greg Mankiw has four suggestions for Barack Obama: Listen to your economists. “Pay close attention to what they have to say. They will often give you advice quite different from what you will hear from congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.” Embrace some Republican ideas. “Your best chance of delivering what they want requires that you abandon some of your past positions and pursue a more ...

Time for Obama to move out of the lefty-senator, campaign-promiser role and listen to economists.
Althouse — Harvard econ-prof Greg Mankiw offers prez-elect Obama 4 items of advice on economics. 1. "Listen to your economists... They will often give you advice quite different from what you will hear from congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid." 2. "Embrace some Republican ideas." That's what Bill Clinton did. 3. "Pay attention to the government’s budget constraint." You can't give people all those things you promised during the campaign when "the laws of arithmetic are ignored." 4. "Recognize your past mistakes." You were a lefty ...

Oh, Goody
Slublog — ... I hope between now and the inauguration, Obama listens to the advice of prominent economists. If not...well, heck. My wife has a recession-proof job, and I'm just frustrated enough to go from taxpayer to tax-beneficiary. Bring it on, Mr. President-elect. ...