Obama’s Center-Right Economic Team

By Kleinheider Posted on November 28, 2008 at 5:57 pm

A conservative economist suggests that many of Obama’s advisers would have been comfortable serving in previous Republican administrations:

At a minimum, both Romer and Geithner could have served under Gerald Ford or George H. W. Bush. But they may be more pro-growth than that. Romer’s study of the damage of tax hikes on the economy and her emphasis on investment are right on target. In a New York Times story, a former Treasury colleague of Geithner’s says, “he’s no liberal.” As for Summers, while he has been mau-maued by Democratic feminists and some of the unions, he is a tough, clear-headed thinker who has for years tried to merge Keynesian and supply-side policies. No mean feat.

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