Comments on: Professor James Galbraith on Obama economics team

By: warren mosler

warren mosler — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:09:43 +0000

My guess is maybe only about 100, including recent phd’s from the UMKC.

And, of course, the readers of this blog.
:)

He challenges the mainstream on other issues, as he’s never considered ‘monetary economics’ and reserve accounting his strength, though from personal experience I know he’s better than most.

By: Vipul

Vipul — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:57:30 +0000

How many economists are there who “know” these things? Before I found your blog by my own searching (prompted by Ron Paul no less), I had never heard of any of this. Just searching on Google Scholar is seems like Galbraith has written a couple of books, why is this view not challenging the mainstream economists more?

By: The Progressive Economics Forum » Obama. Galbraith. Hope.

The Progressive Economics Forum » Obama. Galbraith. Hope. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:30:11 +0000

[...] does this mean? It means, as Warren Mosler points out, that we may end up with a president who is at least exposed to some unconventional economic ideas, [...]

By: Winslow R.

Winslow R. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:05:46 +0000

Agreed.

Obama seems to be very politically savvy. Not yet sure how to read this.

By: Mike Norman

Mike Norman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:36:30 +0000

Yeah, but he also named Robert Rubin to the advisory team as well. Galbraith was a great choice, but Rubin sucks.