Interesting. Two prominent douchebag economists from Illinois named “James Tobin”. I’m surprised no one pointed it out before. I wonder if they’re related. The older Tobin died in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tobin
James Tobin
Known for: Neo-Keynesian economics
Born March 5, 1918
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Tobin followed primary school at the University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois, a laboratory school in the university’s campus. Tobin did his undergraduate and graduate work at Harvard University, with an interruption to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Since 1950 he has been an economics professor at Yale University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tobin_%28founder_of_Taxpayers_United_of_America%29
James Tobin (economist)
Known for: Founding the Chicago-based organization, Taxpayers United of America, in 1976
Born 1946
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tobin received an M.A. in International Economics from Northern Illinois University. He worked for nine years as a Federal Reserve Bank Examiner, specializing in international finance.
It could be a coincidence but I’d bet they are related.