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theKed

(1,235 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:01 AM Oct 2012

Who are the Economists for Romney?

http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/more-than-500-economists-5-nobel-laureates-back-romneys-economic-strategy/

"More than 500 economists — including five Nobel laureates — have endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s economic plan as the right choice for jobs creation and economic growth.

The pro-Romney group “Economists for Romney” announced Monday that its statement of support for the former Massachusetts governor’s economic plan now has 526 signatories, up from 400 a week ago.

“We enthusiastically endorse Governor Mitt Romney’s economic plan to create jobs and restore economic growth while returning America to its tradition of economic freedom,” Economists for Romney’s statement of support reads, proclaiming Romney’s plan as based on “proven principles” to restrain the federal government and expand opportunities in the private sector.

The 526 economists — including Nobel laureates Gary Becker, Robert Lucas, Robert Mundell, Edward Prescott, and Myron Scholes — point to six facets of Romney’s economic approach that they see as beneficial to future economic success."

Does anyone have any info on these people, both the ones listed and any others that might be on the list?
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Who are the Economists for Romney? (Original Post) theKed Oct 2012 OP
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid jberryhill Oct 2012 #1
Becker, Lucas, Mundell, Prescott & Scholes = Milton Friedman's Shock Doctrine MrsCorleone Oct 2012 #2
Take a look at Pinochet's Chile. This is what Romney & Ryan have in store the U.S. MrsCorleone Oct 2012 #3

MrsCorleone

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2. Becker, Lucas, Mundell, Prescott & Scholes = Milton Friedman's Shock Doctrine
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:27 AM
Oct 2012

I guess under Romney, we'll all get the Chilean treatment.

MrsCorleone

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3. Take a look at Pinochet's Chile. This is what Romney & Ryan have in store the U.S.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 01:39 AM
Oct 2012

Herman Cain alluded to this over and over again during the primaries.

Thanks for posting. Now we have a clearer picture of Romney's true agenda.

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