Over the last 24 hours, President-Elect Obama has announced five top members of his new economic team. What do they have in common?
Retreads from the Clinton Administration? Rubin protégés? No, not all.
Scholars from leading universities? No, not all.
Friends of mine? Well, yes, though that is not my point. As it happens, they have been friends, for 12-to-30 years. (god forgive me. There are few greater turnoffs than a columnist who thinks it’s “all about me.” On the other hand, this isn’t a newspaper column. It’s just my personal blog. So what the hell.) Here is the list:
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