Harvard professor Jason Furman says E.J. Antoni “is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner.” Furman’s view is the consensus, though the latter is frequently wanting. Think how serious economists believe to this day that government spending boosts economic growth, that growth causes prices to rise, and that war is economically stimulative.
Which is a comment that broad disdain for Antoni among economists doesn’t mean much. Economics is ridiculous.
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