The Speaker reminds us nothing can match the power of an idea whose time has come, even if the idea stinks.
Ev Ehrlich is the President of ESC Company, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm that addresses economic and business problems. He has served as Chief Economist and head of strategic planning for Unisys Corporation, research director of the Committee for Economic Development, and as Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration, where he directed the interagency group on climate change economics. He was for eight years a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and is the author of two novels – Big Government and Grant Speaks.