[lbo-talk] CNN Money: Under Sanders, income and jobs would soar, economist says

Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
Mon Feb 8 15:09:32 PST 2016


Median income would soar by more than $22,000. Nearly 26 million jobs would be created. The unemployment rate would fall to 3.8%.

Those are just a few of the things that would happen if Bernie Sanders became president and his ambitious economic program were put into effect, according to an analysis given exclusively to CNNMoney. The first comprehensive look at the impact of all of Sanders' spending and tax proposals on the economy was done by Gerald Friedman, a University of Massachusetts Amherst economics professor.

[...] http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/08/news/economy/sanders-income-jobs

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