Someone pays B.U. ‘economists’ to predict quick end to the recession

May 12, 2009
By Billy Dennis

Hooray! The recession is almost over. Yippie! Two Bradley professors said so. Ummm, waitaminute. Where did I hear these two names before?

“The second half of 2009 should see the U.S. economy on a slow recovery track, said Joshua Lewer who, along with Bob Scott, chairman of the school’s economics department, addressed 90 people at a breakfast meeting Tuesday at Bradley’s Bob Michel Student Center.

Oh, yeah, these are the two geniuses who museum tax supporters paid to write a study saying that the museum tax was a wonderful idea. Of course, their study was based on the assumption that the wildly overblown estimates of the number of paying visitors would pan out.

So I’m wondering who paid them for their opinion THIS time?

I’m I’m guessing that we’ve got at least another two years.

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4 Responses to “ Someone pays B.U. ‘economists’ to predict quick end to the recession ”

  1. Larry Horse on May 12, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    well i’m going to go out on a limb here and betthey have more economic training than you do

    just a suspicion

    .

  2. Emtronics on May 12, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Darn, this is like reading the Journal Star. Wait, it was in the JS. Oh hum

  3. lisa on May 12, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    I’m not saying I believe their conclusions, but your headline suggests that you have information to the effect that someone paid them specifically for this opinion. You don’t make any mention of such information or evidence in your post. Don’t you think your headline is a bit misleading? At least disingenuous?

  4. mcsey on May 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Someone pays Bill Dennis to rail against the museum.

    I wonder who paid for Bill’s opinion THIS time.