Obama economic team MUST tap into Paul Krugman's expertise.

[DuaneBidoux]

He completely understands what we need to do now and how to save capitalism for future generations!

I've always believed that capitalism is good but every so often it is allowed to run amok without rules and government is forced to save capitalism for the benefit of future generations. I feel Krugman understands this.

[kaos]

1. Expertise

You are right we need another SOCIALIST to tell us how to run AMERICA

[DJ13]

3. Freerepublic is over there ------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>

Wrong board.

[DuaneBidoux]

5. You're kidding right? Krugman on Free Republic? Get a grip.

As well as, perhaps, a little info.

[DJ13]

7. Not Krugman, but whoever calls him a socialist

:think:

[DuaneBidoux]

8. Sorry, I respond to your headline and I should have been responding to the PRIOR guy.

Krugman socialist? Is he a democrat? Or a freeper.

Your call--and a good one.

[DJ13]

9. No harm

:hi:

[Jim Sagle]

19. Fuck off, RNC filth.

[ProSense]

20. "You are right we need another SOCIALIST to tell us how to run AMERICA"

WTF?

[kaos]

21. Good reply

WTF?

[ProSense]

23. It is the perfect response to a stupid comment. n/t

[DJ13]

2. Obama already has two former Federal Reserve chairmen and Warren Buffet

I think he has the economic thing covered.

[DuaneBidoux]

4. But the more the merrier. Buffet I'm impressed with. The Fed? Not so much.

[aein]

6. Austin Goolsbee is better

[DuaneBidoux]

11. Enlighten me. Link?

[aein]

14. He's not as famous of an economist as Krugman, but he knows his stuff...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austan_Goolsbee

Especially tax policy...

http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/austan.goolsbee/website/research/vitae.htm

[QC]

18. Is he still the DLC's chief economist? n/t

[MadMaddie]

10. I thought Krugman was already an Obama advisor?

[DuaneBidoux]

12. I don't know. I'm the OP and would be tickled pink to know that.

[MadMaddie]

17. I want to say I saw Krugman on the Bill Mahr show and they stated

that he was an advisor. Maybe I heard wrong.


So far this is what I have found about his economic advisors:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&refer=politics&sid=a7Zdp3HDltW4

<snip>
Three academics -- Austan Goolsbee, 37, a University of Chicago professor and columnist for The New York Times, Jeffrey Liebman, 39, a pension and poverty expert at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and David Cutler, 41, a Harvard health economist -- form the core of Obama's economic team.

<snip>

[Armstead]

13. Better Krugman than the Clinton wall st. mafia

[Captain Hilts]

15. Krugman was a Clinton supporter during the primaries. nt

[Cha]

16. He sure as hell

was.

[JoFerret]

22. Yep. And for good reason -

- he is a strong democrat.

I hope the Obama team take him on board. He is and will be a strong voice and support for the Obama team, for America. and for all of us.

[Frank Booth]

24. Krugman's a great columnist, but is he a great economist?

I've heard mixed things.