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More than a year before Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans vote on their 2008 presidential pick, Governor Mitt Romney has already won the Ec 10 primary. N. Gregory Mankiw, the Beren professor of economics who heads Harvard’s introductory course on the subject, has joined Romney’s Commonwealth Political Action Committee, which is likely to serve as a launchpad for the outgoing governor’s White House...
...Glenn Hubbard, a former resident tutor in Dunster House who holds a doctorate from Harvard, also signed onto the governor’s effort Wednesday. Hubbard chaired Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2003, before Mankiw held the post. He is now the dean of Columbia’s Graduate Business School...
...Mankiw said that he met Romney only briefly several years ago but was “impressed by his intellect, open-mindedness, and overall economic philosophy...
...honored when he asked me to serve in a more formal advisory capacity. My role will be that of an outside adviser,” wrote Mankiw, stressing that he does not want to be involved in the political process. “Economists advise, political leaders choose...
...It’s a question as to what the net effect will be,” Mankiw said. “I truly hope it does encourage more people to take economics.” he added...