Where is Dean Baker when we need him?

On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 05:49:49PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> > I had always assumed that Ben Bernanke was a moderate economist
> > until he was
> > appointed to be a governor at the Fed.  Even as Bush's chief
> > economist, he never
> > seemed to descend to the hackdom of Mankiw or Hubbard.  Now, he
> > seems to have
> > swallowed the Kool-Aid, picking up the theme of the Social Security
> > Crisis.
>
> That's not Kool-Aid material, Michael - it's totally orthodox and
> mainstream. Poll the AEA and you'd probably get 90% agreement.
>
> Doug

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