Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-06-28 12:44:42 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4F9491C8A2322303E56FF648F7918AE438F7628043D05B8F2E8FBA8F999CDD30
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Missing important context. Some signatories have political connections. This letter was spearheaded by Joseph Stiglitz, a Council of Economic Advisors political appointee during the Clinton administration. George Akerlof is married to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. https://www.axios.com/2024/06/25/nobel-prize-winners-biden-economy-trump-inflation?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/cea/about/former-chairs#:~:text=Joseph%20E.%20Stiglitz,1994%20-%20June%2028%2C%201995 https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen#:~:text=There%2C%20in%20the%20Fed%E2%80%99s%20cafeteria%2C%20she%20met%20fellow%20economist%2C%20George%20Akerlof.%20Janet%20and%20George%20would%20marry%20later%20that%20year.%20They%20would%20go%20on%20to%20have%20a%20son%2C%20Robert%2C%20now%20also%20an%20economics%20professor https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/janet-yellen#:~:text=That%20was%20where%20she%20met%20her%20husband%2C%20fellow%20economist%20George%20Akerlof.%20Yellen%20and%20Akerlof%2C%20married%20since%201978
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