By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--March 13, 2014
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"It's certainly the right thing to do regardless. What the assessments that have been done related to the minimum wage is that women would be affected more than men, because women tend to have minimum wage jobs, as I understand it -- not an economist -- in greater numbers than men do." Pressed by a reporter, he decided it was time to mention Womenomics, which just so happens to be written by Carney's wife, Claire Shipman.
"But here's the point, and I mentioned my wife's book on this. there is a macroeconomic benefit to making sure - Womenomics. Available on Amazon. It came out in 2009. It might have been on the New York Times bestseller list. I'm only saying this because I happen to know - because of that - a little bit about this subject, that there are bottom line benefits to making sure that private sector and public sector make sure that the rules of the road if you will when it comes to our economy work for women because doing that is not just the right thing to do, it's economically beneficial. It helps the bottom line.""Your wife's wonderful," the reporter replied. She may be wonderful but, like Carney, she's not an economist either. She's a former CNN White House correspondent and currently the Senior National Correspondent for Good Morning America. In other words, she's just another member of the mainstream media who has a familial motivation to help the White House get whatever it wants. Setting aside the unprofessional book plug, the obvious nepotism suggests that she's not exactly an unbiased source....
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