Dave Brat: A True Expert on 'Economic Justice'

[ScreamingEagle]

Brat should advise the GOP on countering the Dems' version of 'economic justice'....

...he taught the following courses:

•Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
•Public Finance.
•International Economic Development.
•Economic Justice.

The last of these is especially telling. Here is the course description:

An historical examination of the major conceptions of economic justice primarily in the Western world. Major ethical schools of thought include the Socratic/Platonic/Aristotelian, the Judeo-Christian, and the Enlightenment school of Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill and Marx. Finally, contemporary moral theorists such as John Rawls and Robert Nozick will be used to compare/contrast this legacy of ethical thought with the orthodox models of economic thought, as represented in the writings of economists such as Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman.

Note the fair and balanced approach in the source material: Major ancient, modern, and contemporary figures are covered, philosophers as well as economists. A left-leaning professor would probably skip (or use purely as a foil) Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Mill, Nozick, Adam Smith, and Milton Friedman and focus on Rousseau, Marx, Rawls, and J.M. Keynes. After all, students must be encouraged to vote “progressive,” no?

Democrats never tire of reminding Americans that their party “owns” economic justice, while the GOP is the party of the rich. Total nonsense, of course, but it helped elect Obama twice. My point: The GOP would do well to enlist the highly competent services of Dr. Brat to draft a simple and effective counter.

Blog: Dave Brat: A True Expert on 'Economic Justice'

 

[LoneLaugher]

Isn't it cool! He ran on a populist message......anti Wall Street. The people in that district are looking for economic justice.

Then....when asked....he couldn't tell us where he stands on the minimum wage issue. He didn't have a "well crafted" response.

Perfect. Just perfect.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Isn't it cool! He ran on a populist message......anti Wall Street. The people in that district are looking for economic justice.

Then....when asked....he couldn't tell us where he stands on the minimum wage issue. He didn't have a "well crafted" response.

Perfect. Just perfect.

give him a break....he just ran the republican primary....he needs some time to prepare for all the loony dimwit questions in the final race against them...

 

[LoneLaugher]

Isn't it cool! He ran on a populist message......anti Wall Street. The people in that district are looking for economic justice.

Then....when asked....he couldn't tell us where he stands on the minimum wage issue. He didn't have a "well crafted" response.

Perfect. Just perfect.

give him a break....he just ran the republican primary....he needs some time to prepare for all the loony dimwit questions in the final race against them...

Say what? If he is an expert....he ought to have an opinion on the minimum wage. And it ought to be in soundbite form.....so nutters can understand it.

 

[georgephillip]

Has Brat offered his interpretation of "Free Market" yet?
Does he see it as a market free of government regulation or undue FIRE sector influence?

"After working for Arthur Andersen and as a consultant for the World Bank, Brat joined the faculty of Randolph–Macon College in 1996.[8]

"At Randolph-Macon he has served as chair of the department of economics, and taught courses including 'Britain in the International Economy,' 'International Economic Development,' and 'Business Ethics.'[10]

"From 2010 to 2012 Brat headed Randolph-Macon's BB&T Moral Foundations of Capitalism program, one of sixty similar programs and chairs in the philosophy and economics departments at United States universities devoted to the study of capitalism and morality and endowed by the BB&T Charitable Foundation.[11][12][11][13][14]

"In 2006 Brat was appointed by Virginia governor Tim Kaine to the Governor's Advisory Board of Economists, a position he continues to hold. He has also served on the board of directors of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority, and on the advisory board of the Virginia Public Access Project.[14]"

Dave Brat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[HenryBHough]

If there were as much Democrat pressure on Hillary as on Brat we might actually know who screwed up Benghazi!

 

[oldunclemark]

The House of Represetatives screwed up Benghazzi.......and are doomed to spend buckets of money and time looking for a reason why they cut embassy security funding

 

[oldunclemark]

Good point..His talking points have not been emailed to him yet..from the Heritage Foundation.
...along with the latest check

Isn't it cool! He ran on a populist message......anti Wall Street. The people in that district are looking for economic justice.

Then....when asked....he couldn't tell us where he stands on the minimum wage issue. He didn't have a "well crafted" response.

Perfect. Just perfect.

give him a break....he just ran the republican primary....he needs some time to prepare for all the loony dimwit questions in the final race against them...