That may be understandable, given the country’s current political make-up, but maybe they should have tried harder. NPR did manage to find Douglas Holtz-Eakin, John McCain’s chief economic advisor, and Maya Macguineas, the president of Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, but no Democrats. Maybe if they start looking now they can find a Democrat for the next budget story.

–Dean Baker

Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. Read more about Dean.