Greg Mankiw, professor of economics at Harvard, has posed an interesting question on his blog.
Take as his thesis that, while there is no polling data to back it up, one can safely assume that the majority of his profession would agree that:
“Past major trade deals have benefited most Americans.”
Which suggests this inevitable question: Now that Hillary Clinton has come out against the TPP trade deal – which she previously supported
… will those economists who like Clinton start to turn against her?
Mr. Mankiw, of course, doubts they will. Because, he suspects:
… most of them don’t believe what she is now saying. They expect that once she moves back into the White House, she will return to the moderate view of trade deals that her husband championed. In other words, they are counting on her being untrustworthy. If they had reason to doubt her mendacity, then they would start to worry.
And, like an economist from nearby MIT, they are counting on:
The stupidity of the American voter
As, for that matter, is Mrs. Clinton.
