Trump is reportedly considering Larry Kudlow to run his Council of Economic Advisers. Kudlow would be perfect except for two things: He's not an economist and he's always wrong. "Trickle-Down Economics" never works. It just kinds of pisses on your shoes.
Jonathan Chait has a brief history of Kudlow's unrelenting advocacy of a policy that fails every time it's tried. But, hey, it's an excuse to cut the taxes of rich people. So what if it tanks the economy again? And again and again…