Salon on Mitt Romney's economic adviser, Kevin Hassett

One of Mitt Romney's economic advisers is Kevin Hassett, a longtime fellow at the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute. 

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What's astonishing is why any aspirant to the White House would want to be associated with Kevin Hassett. Hassett's track record on economic forecasting is the gold standard for disastrous mediocrity. All by himself, he demolishes any claim Mitt Romney might have to economic acumen. 

~ Andrew Leonard, "Kevin Hassett, world's worst economist, works for Romney," Salon, August 7, 2012

AEI's Desmond Lachman on the housing bust

[U]nless there’s government intervention on a big scale... we’re really not going to bottom.

~ Desmond Lachman, American Enterprise Institute, "Nev., Mich., Fla. lead ‘underwater’ homes list; New report underscores staggering depth of U.S. housing recession," msnbc.com, October 31, 2008