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AOC now says basic economics is racist and dehumanizing

By Tim Worstall
Published May 30, 2020 10:00am ET
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AOC now says basic economics is racist and dehumanizing
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. works the crowd during an election rally with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. | (Nati Harnik/AP)

Given the conversation it has provoked, the fuss from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over President Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett’s use of the phrase “human capital stock” might have to be upgraded to an all-out brouhaha. The socialist congresswoman melted down over Hassett’s language in a recent tweet:

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