So Stephen Moore has emerged as the public voice of Friends of Covid-19, the astroturf uprising against efforts to contain the virus, comparing protesters to Rosa Parks. This is, of course, grotesque 1/ businessinsider.com/trump-adviser-…
But a slightly different question: why is Moore still a White House adviser and a member of the economic recovery council? After all, he managed to get rejected for the Federal Reserve Board because even Republicans considered him unqualified 2/
And he has a remarkable track record, not just of bad predictions, which everyone makes (but not as consistently) but of peddling fake numbers. He lied about tax rates 3/ archives.cjr.org/the_audit/a_62…
About employment numbers 4/ archives.cjr.org/united_states_…
About Obamacare 5/ nymag.com/intelligencer/…
He's kind of the Dr. Oz of economics, except with fewer qualifications and without the charm. So why is he still such a member in good standing with the right? Why can't they find better hacks? 6/ latimes.com/science/scienc…
