Apparently President Obama knows his stuff when it comes to selecting key governement positions.  The latest rumor from this article in the Wall Street Journal has our very own Alan Krueger (author of the recent book WHAT MAKES A TERRORIST) being tapped as Timothy Geithner’s assistant secretary for economic policy.  Also in the administration is Cass Sunstein (author of the PUP books A CONSTITUTION OF MANY MINDS and REPUBLIC.COM 2.0), Obama’s choice to be administrator of information and regulatory affairs, and Anne-Marie Slaughter (author of A NEW WORLD ORDER) was tapped for director of the State Department’s policy-planning staff. 

And last but certainly not least is Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, author of two books by the Press–one of which is more timely now than ever (ESSAYS ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION and INFLATION TARGETING).