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[Michael originally posted this to Eh.Res, but I thought it would be  
appropriate here also. -- RBE] 
 
Some time ago, I recall reading an article, perhaps in Life Magazine, 
during the Kennedy administration about the proliferation of economists 
as government administrators and advisors.  The article gave thumbnail 
sketches of the leading economists in the administration at the time.  I 
wish that I could locate that article and would be grateful that to 
anybody that could locate the reference. 
 
I suspect that the highpoint of economics' influence came during the 
Carter administration, where close to half of his advisors were 
economists. 
 
My further question is, has anybody written/thought about the rise and 
fall of the reliance on economists as administrators? 
 
 
Michael Perelman 
 
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