Sunday, February 15, 2009
Talking Twits
This morning on Meet the Press, Obama political advisor David Axelrod had much to say about the economic stimulus. He may be a great political advisor, but he does not have a background in economics. Why do we care what he has to say?
I am not saying that you need a PhD in Economics to be a talking head. However, I have a B.S. in economics and I can tell that most of these talking heads are economically clueless. Why are we not hearing from the likes of Martin Feldstein, Brad Delong, and Robert Barro? These guys would disagree on the stimulus. However, at least they would give Americans real analysis and would not repeat brainless political talking points.
I am not saying that you need a PhD in Economics to be a talking head. However, I have a B.S. in economics and I can tell that most of these talking heads are economically clueless. Why are we not hearing from the likes of Martin Feldstein, Brad Delong, and Robert Barro? These guys would disagree on the stimulus. However, at least they would give Americans real analysis and would not repeat brainless political talking points.
