Thursday, November 6, 2008

Comments on the Brain Trust.WashPost,11/6/08,D1

1. Lawrence Summers: "Advocating for more extensive government intervention to protect the econom throughout the financial crisis." Another rebate to taxpayers would be timely to stimulate US economy asap before serious recession or depression.

2. Robert Rubin: Background with Citigroup and the Treasury Department. He is eminently qualified to be an advisor to the Treasury for financial crisis.

3. Paul Volcker: An American consultant for China's economy. His expertise may be utilized for Sino-American Economics.

4. Austan Goolsbee: Focusing on applying economics to everyday behavior. Such focus would be most relevant to financial crisis in the days to come.

5. Jason Furman: As an aide to Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz,he promotes globalization as benefits of free trade with his praise for Wal-Mart. He would be an authority for US-China economic relations in the days to come.

Francis Shieh,one of the economic thinkers as an octogenarian for the reference of the team Obama administration apropos of economic policy involving Sino-American Economics.

November 6, 2008 at 12.11 p.m.

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