Our technocratic overlords do not seem to understand that, even if they can win the academic debate over whether means-testing checks is better stimulus, the millions of people who were promised a check and simply won't receive one aren't going to say "Oh! Well, this is better." 
The technocrats are all far too wealthy to receive any stimulus, so to illustrate the folly here, they should try this for their next boat payment. "Well, Mr. Banker, I know I owe you $1000, but analysis says my kid's Ivy League tuition is a better investment."
See how it goes!
See how it goes!
It's extremely simple: Democrats promised people $2000 checks if they were elected. The way for them to keep that promise is to give them a $2000 check, not to give them a Harvard-sourced statistical analysis in the New York friggin Times.
It is very telling, however, that top Democrats think that if they can convince a handful of media and political elites that reneging on the check promise is smart, their work is done and they can go home. Elite discourse as the only discourse; voters' preferences are irrelevant.
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