Trump Awards Advisor Who Called for Him to Be Awarded the Nobel With Offer of Seat on Fed Reserve

[DonViejo]

By DAVID BADASH MARCH 22, 2019 11:27 AM

Trump Awards Advisor Who Called for Him to Be Awarded the Nobel Prize With Offer of Seat on Federal Reserve

Good Lord Terrible Idea' Says a Dartmouth Economics Professor

President Donald Trump has awarded Stephen Moore with the offer of a seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Moore, best known as a cable news "economic analyst" last year called for Trump to be awarded the Nobel prize for economics. He served as a top Trump campaign economic advisor.

Moore once was the chief economist for The Heritage Foundation, a far right wing think tank that is closely intertwined with the Trump administration. For unknown reasons that title was changed. He is now a "distinguished visiting fellow."

The Wall Street Journal Friday morning reported that "Mr. Trump spoke to Mr. Moore to compliment the economic commentator on an opinion article he co-authored last week calling the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s policy moves a threat to the U.S. economy. The article was published in The Wall Street Journal, where Mr. Moore previously worked as an editorial-page writer."

Also unclear are Moore's qualifications.

He was the Founding President of the union-busting Club for Growth, which reportedly has received funding from the Koch Brothers. And he is listed as "the senior economic contributor for FreedomWorks," which, in its original form was a Koch Brothers project

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[dalton99a]

1. "If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him."

[Gothmog]

2. This person is an idiot

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