Posted on 02/23/2020 2:28:56 PM PST by ransomnote
SACRAMENTO — Continuing his commitment to strengthen, innovate and grow California’s economy, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the creation of his Council of Economic Advisors. The Council will advise the Governor and Director of the California Department of Finance Keely Martin Bosler on wide-ranging economic issues and deepen relationships between the Administration and academic researchers to keep California moving toward an economy that is inclusive, resilient, and sustainable.
The Council will be co-chaired by Laura Tyson, Professor at the Graduate School and Faculty Director of the Institute for Business & Social Impact at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, and Fernando Lozano, Professor of Economics at Pomona College. The Council will include Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and the Governor’s Chief Economic and Business Advisor Lenny Mendonca, as well as top academics. The group will meet and advise the Governor upon request, and be convened and guided by the Department of Finance’s Chief Economist Irena Asmundson.
“For California to continue thriving, we need our economy to work for everyone in every corner of the state,” said Governor Newsom. “Our state is experiencing its longest economic expansion, with record-low unemployment – 3.9 percent – increases in personal income, and billions in investments, but this expansion has unevenly benefited people across the state. We need to invest for the future, adapt to a changing climate and keep our budget balanced. This Council will keep its pulse on what’s happening in our economy while making policy recommendations to prepare us for what’s to come.”
Governor Newsom announced the following members of the Council of Economic Advisors:
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SO the next day (Feb, 21, 2020), Gavin Newsom announces the formation of his Council of Economic Advisors. Perhaps he'd like to be seen as the president of the West Coast? Positioning himself to run at some point? It's creepy to see Nancy Pelosi hold "signing ceremonies" that mimic President Trump's signing ceremonies, only Nancy's featured pens custom made to look like bullet cartidges. And now Newsom plays at "make-believe president" too? *smh*
Something tells me that Newsome’s advisors are going to receive piles of kickbacks.
It was creepy to see Nancy Penlosi holding “signing ceremonies” as if she was president.
Nancy had pens custom-made to look like bullet cartridges.
And now Newsom’s playing at “make-believe president”?
I hear he called Penlosi for the name of her pen maker (snix).
There’s only one person on that list who’s not a govt employee or professor.
What the H do they know about growing an economy?
(Rhetorical)
1. Inclusive
2. Sustainable
Absolutely stupid, liberal meaningless gobbledegook and platitudes. Where is "high growth"?
Politicians in trouble always form committees of “advisors” to come up with solutions to problems. Just window dressing as usual! Governor Gruesome is all but admitting the California state economy is not very good!
Businesses are FLEEING Ca. this is a socialist state with 109% socialist legislators!! People are fleeing right along with the businesses!!!
Wow...what a pile of learned professionals! These are NOT the people you want advising you on economic growth. In fact, this is exactly OPPOSITE of what such a board should look like.
• 8 Professors
• ONE LOW LEVEL private Industry “researcher” but affiliated with Harvard
• 2 Government bureaucrat weanies
“Continuing his commitment to strengthen, innovate and grow California’s economy”
ROTFLMAO!!!
The list is made up of women and Hispanics...
After I posted the two articles from Gavin Newsom’s Governor’s website today, I get the feeling he prepared some documents to pave the way for a presidential or VP run based on how the Democratic Caucus in Nevada went - or how the Dem ticket is shaping up.
Suddenly, the day the NV caucus showcased Bernie, Newsom releases a plan for homelessness that starts by touting his economic record, the size of CA’s economy (11th largest in the world) and sneers that Trump is taking credit for what California has done to produce jobs. Then he creates an economic council like Trump. Is Trump his 2020 adversary?
I guess Newsom could run as VP or run as an independent Presidential candidate - seems like he may have been given the nod or is just preparing anyway in case he’s called in. This was probably anticipated by Trump as he recently emphasized the filth and homelessness in CA (e.g., SOTU).
We live in interesting times....
Look at the “expertise” of some of these so called “economic advisers”...
Social policy, global impact, ethnic studies, poverty, economic disparity...
Was Leslie Mouche not available?
How much bail out money did they get for the homeless “crisi”? Trump never gave the dollar figure that responsible citizens would pay to fix it.
>> These are NOT the people you want advising you on economic growth
one of the “economic advisors” doesn’t even pretend to know economics
“Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California”
ERVIEWER: I was just wondering whether there was a thinking [during Clinton admin], in a way, this was the beginning of a push toward trade liberalization. Was that a conscious choice at the time, or did it just happen to follow after NAFTA?
LAURA TYSON: I think I would argue that if you go back and look at the whole evolution of thinking about trade issues in the ‘80s going into the ‘90s, this was a kind of reflection of a long process of thinking that had gone on in the United States, and then-Governor Clinton had been part of that thinking. The thinking was, we need to continue to develop the international trading system so that the rules are fair; that is when we benefit. The United States benefits the most when foreign markets bring down their barriers to us. The more the rules of international engagement on the trade front are enforced, the more we benefit from the rules. So I think there really was a very firm sense among the economic team — and the president shares this — that the United States should lead on trade liberalization because there were important economic benefits to the United States.
My husband called them "Great Do-nothing Mystifiers."
Are they all academic Leftists who have never worked a day in their lives?
They are almost all school teachers who have no clue about business and economics.
No one has bothered to tell Newsome that.
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