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Originally Posted by #-3
I guy who would literally be in the conversation for most prominent economist in Canadian history?
Strong take.
But I guess if you support PP then takes are the Everest of politics, screw ideas, screw governance or making peoples lives better, lets just engage in crap punditry.
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It’s basically an intellectual litmus test at this point. There is virtually no question that Mark Carney has, at very least, a highly competent understanding of the economy. Most people would comfortably call him an expert. Aside from being the governor of the Bank of Canada and England and the chair of the Financial Stability Board, the man graduated from Harvard with honours in economics and get his masters and doctorate from Oxford.
That’s not to say his ideas or his practice is above criticism, at all. But the idea that some random guy from Manitoba who sells air conditioning units would say, “Mark Carney is a complete moron is who has no clue how the economy works” is so absurd that’s you’d think it was a comedy bit. It’s so absurd that it basically disqualifies that person’s opinion on virtually anything.
Like him for leader or not, Carney is incredibly smart and better qualified to handle the economy than any leader of any party, period, by far.
If PP supporters want to come for Carney, they’re going to have to shut their mouths about the economy or qualifications and hope those areas aren’t battle grounds. Those aren’t battles PP is going to win.