Hillary Clinton shows she's really a liberal on economics - HRC ROOM POST

[OKNancy]

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/13/8951659/hillary-clinton-liberal-economics

But as she laid out her economic vision in a Monday speech that rejected Republican theories without embracing hard-left policies, Clinton did something that's been difficult for her in the past: She spoke to both the head and the heart of the Democratic Party.

Clinton promised to prosecute financial fraudsters, defend and expand the Affordable Care Act, and "fight back against these mean-spirited, misguided attacks" on unions.

More broadly, Clinton succeeded in articulating a vision for reshaping the American economy to promote growth by directing help to working- and middle-class families. In classic Clintonian fashion, she drew her sharpest contrasts with Republicans — calling out Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio by name — while glossing over some of the differences on the Democratic side of the national policy debate.

"It was both an intellectual and emotional appeal," said Jared Bernstein, a liberal economist who served as an adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. He praised her, in particular, for a comprehensive connection of policies affecting middle-class Americans to economic growth, from collective bargaining to profit sharing. "She covered every corner of the debate."

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Clinton won praise from Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate and chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, who was one of the scores of advisers who helped build the foundation for the speech.

"Growth is not achieved by pulling a number out of thin air but by focusing on and investing in our families and communities, ensuring Americans can earn enough to afford a middle-class life, and making our financial markets work for everyday Americans rather than the short-term interests of CEOs and speculators," Stiglitz said. "Today Hillary Clinton began to offer the kind of comprehensive approach we need to tackle the enormous economic challenges we face, one that is squarely in line with what we have called for at the Roosevelt Institute."

[OKNancy]

1. Stiglitz has been praised so much here on DU

Glad he is quoted in the article.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. So does this now make Stiglitz a "Turd Way" turncoat?

[OKNancy]

6. of course

[George II]

2. It was an excellent speech - a little long I thought, but she laid out her proposals...

....in an organized, methodical manner.

Hopefully this will give her critics pause before saying "we don't know where she stands".

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. "Hopefully this will give her critics pause before saying "we don't know where she stands".

Are you kidding? There's only one Democratic candidate who doesn't have to lay out specifics, and we both know who that is. Rousing red faced spittle laced speeches against (fill in the blank) is all it takes, and there's absolutely no requirement to put meat on those bones.

[MADem]

3. KICK-n-REC!!!! nt

[Gothmog]

7. Hillary made some really strong economic proposals

[okasha]

8. Specific proposals, well laid out.

This may take some hard work and jawboning, but it's doable. No pie-in-the-sky.

[sheshe2]

9. KnR!