What is the "middle" economic policy?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Listening to Donna Brazille on ABC talking about how "the middle" is alienated because politics is not representing them...

Okay. To be represented suggests that someone is advancing what you favor. There is apparently something called "the middle." There is only one huge issue in America: The Economy.

What economic policy does "the middle" favor?

And, as a follow-up, if (big if) there is a coherent middle and if that entity does desire an economic policy, what would the effects of that policy be?

And for the super-bonus follow-up... if an entity has no coherent view of the overarching issue confronting the nation, or if its view would result in harm to the nation and its people then to what exactly are we supposed to be deferring?

[jody]

1. Don't know about "middle" economic policy but we are implementing "muddle" economic policy. n/t

[oldhippie]

2. That's a very good question .......

.... and I am looking forward to seeing some answers. I'm having a hard time defining "middle" as applied to economics policy. Hope someone else can.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. Ironically, the middle economic policy is probably close to what we've got...

Drift, half-measures, lip-service to foolishnes... ad hoc and emotion driven reaction based on no model.

Give the people what they want and they will ever forgive you for it.

[xchrom]

3. Health insurance reform, welfare to work, etc

Are prime examples.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. Welfare to work, yes.

Health insurance reform... only if we mean a something-for-nothing approach where certain undesirable insurance practices are banned but nothing else changes, including prices. (An economic impossibility.)

[mmonk]

6. Corporatism.

That really means there is no middle, it's political mumbo jumbo.

[JVS]

7. Could she be talking about the "middle class"?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. No, it was about ideology

It was a discussion about extremism on the right and left.