A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.
Christina RomerRaising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the general public than with economists.
Christina RomerI think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the president has said that we need to, as the economy recovers, have a plan in place for getting it down.
Christina Romer