Who are the 10 economists who whisper to Biden
Here are the 10 people who will influence the economic policy of a President Biden, according to Bloomberg
The struggle for the Democratic Party's soul is reflected in the diversity of the 10 people who have the greatest influence on economic policy in the circle surrounding Joe Biden, says a new analysis by political consultancy Baron Public Affairs, Bloomberg reports.
Disagreements among influencers, combined with Biden's non-ideological approach, "would make the first few months an intense contest to determine the direction of key initiatives" if the former vice president wins the presidential election, he wrote in an e- mail Jonathan Baron, founder of the Washington consulting firm.
Baron Public Affairs released its top 10 on October 29. The name at the top of the list is Michael Linden, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, whose mission is to "develop and advance a progressive view of the business world." Linden, a 2003 graduate of Brown University, who did not serve in the Obama administration, "currently focuses on defense," Baron Public Affairs says in a two-page summary of its findings.
The consulting firm ranks Linden as a “reformer,” along with Heather Boushey, chief executive officer of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, which it co-founded in 2013; Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute; and Matt Stoller, director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project , which combats "concentrated corporate power."
The "standard bearers" of the traditional Democratic Party that made the list, Baron Public Affairs says, are Jared Bernstein, who was Biden's chief economist from 2009 to 2011 when he was vice president; Harvard economist Jason Furman, who worked in the Clinton administration and was chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers; and Gene Sperling, who served as director of the National Economic Council for both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
The "economic technicians" on the list are Ernie Tedeschi, CEO and political economist of Evercore ISI, an independent research firm; Australian Justin Wolfers, economist at the University of Michigan; and Martha Gimbel, senior manager for economic research at Schmidt Futures, an organization dedicated to scientific advancement founded by Eric Schmidt, the billionaire former CEO of Google.
The 10 influencers were chosen through analysis of the writings and observations of 33 advisers, campaign officials and platform committee members surrounding Biden, including Kamala Harris. This produced a list of the thinkers these people have cited most often. Three of the people who made the top 10 were among the 33 originals whose quotes were traced: Boushey, Sperling, and Bernstein. The Baron Public Affairs only assessed people who exercise public influence, excluding those behind the scenes.
(Extract from the foreign press review by Epr Comunicazione)
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