Source: Garrison Center
by Joel Schlosberg
“Oren Cass’s ‘What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza’ (The New York Times, December 23) has forgotten what economics Henry George taught. That’s the pundit named Cass who invariably calls for constrictions on consumers, as opposed to Cass Sunstein‘s advocacy of ‘choice-preserving but psychologically wise interventions’ that would make ‘automatic enrollment in government programs’ the default (in the words of the University of Pennsylvania’s Angie Basiouny). In 2012, Oren Cass campaigned for Mitt Romney versus the incumbent who had Sunstein head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. If it’s harder to tell the party lines apart three presidential elections later, maybe it’s because such ‘choice’ was an echo all along.” (01/02/25)