Does it matter if Trump doesn't like economists?
- Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
When President Donald Trump formally announced his Cabinet, one of the surprises was that the list of 24 Cabinet-level officials did not include the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).
There is no formal requirement that an economic adviser be part of the Cabinet. However, Barack Obama started a new trend by appointing the last four...