Dubya has a list of economist endorsements now. It ran in USA Today in selected markets. Focus is on the fiscal kosherness of his tax cut, the need to cut government spending, vouchers, and free trade. The Nobels are Friedman, Lucas, Buchanan, Scholes, Becker, and Mundell. There seems to be a curious gap in the sense of few of the better public universities or the private second-tier schools. Many from Stanford/Hoover, a bunch from Harvard and USC, the usual Buchananoids and think tank suspects, and many from small schools, not much else. Jim Devine's name was a surprise. Conspicuous absences (from a DC-centric standpoint): Republicans Niskanen, Rudy Penner, and Gene Steuerle. I predict a pro-Gore counter-list. And no, I will not be on it. If anyone wants a copy, the best I can do is a JPG file. You have to load it in Paintbrush or something like that, then turn up the zoom setting. mbs
