Submitted by CARPE DIEM
NEW YORK (Fortune) — Economic conservatives should take heart. John McCain’s chief economic advisor - and perhaps his closest political friend - is the ultimate pure play in free market faith, former Texas Senator Phil Gramm (Ph.D Economics, University of Georgia, 1967).
If McCain follows Gramm’s counsel, and most of his current positions are vintage Gramm indeed, his policies as president would represent not just a sharp departure from the Bush years, but an assault on government growth that Republicans have boasted about, but failed to achieve, for decades.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback[…] Every candidate has weaknesses. John McCain’s is that he is economically inept. However, in recognition of that limitation he keeps Phil Gramm as a close advisor. Now you might not agree with Gramm’s economic positions, but even his opponents must acknowledge that he is a highly competent economist. […]
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