Monday, October 26, 2020

Economics Major???

During his first presidential campaign, Donald Trump claimed to be a class-leading economics major.  At the same tim he was making this claim a former professor opined Trump was the worst student e ever taught.  Now, just 11 days before the nextMore than 700 economists from major US institutions signed an open letter warning against reelecting President Donald Trump.  They wrote that Trump's "selfish and reckless behavior" had weakened the economy and described Trump's act"He has a poorly-informed, zero-sum view of economics that engenders needless viciousness and cruelty," the economists wrote.  Among the economists are seven Nobel winners, including Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart, and George Akerlof.  Now, there are those readers who might question how expert an economist is when it comes to judging “presidential economics chops but very few professionals are supporting Trump’s Presidential chops.

 

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