Before he started the late New York Sun, Ira Stoll had a great blog called Smartertimes.com, in which he pointed out the Gray Lady’s errors, inconsistencies, and absurdities on a regular basis. Now Stoll runs a blog called FutureofCapitalism.com. Today’s great catch: The Times op-ed page printed a piece by investment banker and former Clinton administration deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman which argues, among other things, that Obama should repair his relationship with business by hiring … Roger Altman:
What adjustments should President Obama make to repair ties with business? For starters, no important member of his administration has ever met a major payroll. Such an absence of business experience in a presidential administration is unique in recent decades and carries negative connotations; certainly, no other comparable interest group is so unrepresented. This could be remedied by recruiting a senior industry figure for one of the four or five key economic policy positions.
I wonder who he has in mind!
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