[lbo-talk] ruling class

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 27 18:49:20 PST 2006


Seth Ackerman wrote:


>But if you look at the people who show up to the Fed's Jackson Hole
>conferences, or Davos, or the CFR or the Aspen Institute - don't
>those people seem to think of themselves as a class with a definite
>project?

They do, but I'm not sure how central they are to running things right now. Jackson Hole, yes, in the monetary policy realm, but the CFR seems to have lost influence over foreign policy, and Davos has a 90s/Clinton/Rubin feel.

Doug



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