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Watch Out Clinton, Here Comes Bernienomics

July 22, 2015

By Jared Meyer and Patrick Holland

Progressives are experiencing a renaissance. First, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was chosen as their new hero, and now Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who wears his Democratic socialist label with pride, has energized voters who are dissatisfied with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

As his popularity in polls rises, it is worth examining what a potential Sanders presidency would mean for the economy. Even though Sanders does not have much of a chance of winning the nomination, much less the presidency, his policy ideas are likely to influence future debate because he is driving Hillary Clinton to the left.

So what would a Sanders economy look like?

Read the full article at the Manhattan Institute: Watch Out Clinton, Here Comes Bernienomics