Economics vs. Economics

A Yale University economist constructed an election model that forecasts the presidential winner by plugging in inflation and gross domestic numbers. The hypothesis is that a large percentage of voters (either consciously or subconsciously) use their account balance as a voter guide. Right now the crisis in Europe is a drag on the U.S. economy. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the economic crisis in “socialist” Europe helped Romney, killing “socialist, European” health policy in the U.S? (H/T: WSJ)

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