So far, Christina Romer, Obama's pick for chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, is attracting many more plaudits from the right than the left. Tyler Cowen, Will Wilkinson, Greg Mankiw, and Justin Fox are very pleased, as much of Romer's work centers on the injury taxation inflicts on the economy. Kevin Drum is confused. Brad DeLong has some talking points in defense of his colleague. DeLong calls her a "center-left moderate," and says that, "these are not moderate times. To be moderate now is to be radical. To be radical is to be moderate." Does Romer agree with that statement? And what happens when the times cease to be so radical? Romer's faculty web site, incidentally, is here, and you can download much of her research. She is a much better writer than many of her colleagues.
