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Which economists is Howard Dean listening to?
Joseph Stiglitz, Alan Blinder, and Jeffrey Sachs, in short, here is the brief story. Sachs is more market-oriented than the first two names, so this makes for a slightly odd pairing. It is hard to imagine him advising Dean to "re-regulate" the economy, as the candidate has called for. Stiglitz and Blinder are not the two names I would have chosen myself, but at least he is opting for smart economists. By the way, Dean's primary advisors on domestic policy are Harvard law professor Christopher Edley, a well-known proponent of affirmative action, and Maria Echeveste, deputy chief of staff from the Clinton administration.
Addendum: The first link is now corrected. And here is another article on Dean's inner circle.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on December 2, 2003 at 08:08 AM in Current Affairs | Permalink
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