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61. Was Austan Goolsbee’s First Visit to the Oval Office Almost His Last?

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Is There a Sharp Line Drawn Between Policy and Strategy?

I get the impression in politics that there's a sharp line drawn between what you doing, so advising on policy, and then maybe the strategy around the campaign. At a fair assessment, oy a hundred % academics had a conception in their mind of how it must work as policy people come up with a bunch of ideas... And that that's just totally not how it works. The best analogy is, if you're the policy person, you're like one of those guys with the gas can at the nascar race who jump over the thing."

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