If the question at the top of this opinion piece reads as flippant, that’s because it is. How else to respond to Columbia economics professor Glenn Hubbard than with flippancy born of mystification?
In an opinion piece of his own titled “The Trump Economic Awakening,” Hubbard chose to speak for all Americans in platitudes: “They want an economic awakening, a new way forward that uses traditional economic policies to achieve Mr. Trump’s goal of more jobs for Americans whose fortunes have been harmed by technological change and globalization.” Where to begin?
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