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2016 Postmortem

rogerashton

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1. It's a good move.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 06:22 AM

Aug 2016

Boushey is new to me but the Center for Equitable Growth, a relatively new thinktank if I am not mistaken, has become a center for the ideas of people like Piketty, Saez, Zucman and Atkinson, research giants in the economics of inequality. On the other side, it is easy to see how she and Hillary will be sympatico.

http://equitablegrowth.org/person/heather-boushey/

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I like this. Clinton taps inequality expert Boushey as her transition team’s chief economist [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

It's a good move. rogerashton Aug 2016 #1

I think it's interesting who her husband is. Public Citizen has been leading the fight against the cali Aug 2016 #2

Didn't notice that. rogerashton Aug 2016 #3

No. Certainly not wrong. Just a factoid that may or may not be of interest. cali Aug 2016 #4

K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #5

Good sign. I always thought if the people's will was there she would go there. bettyellen Aug 2016 #6

Approve. Not an Establishment choice. n/t Orsino Aug 2016 #7

kick for forests and trees. cali Aug 2016 #8

I'm glad to see that you approve. MineralMan Aug 2016 #9

Uff da! cali Aug 2016 #10

My approval is equivalent to yours, cali. MineralMan Aug 2016 #11

If so, I apologize. However, there have been so many times that you have snarked in response cali Aug 2016 #12

Sometimes I agree with you. Sometimes I do not. MineralMan Aug 2016 #13