Business and Government Relations: business executives are better suited than politicians

Why business executives are better suited than politicians to comment on US economy The US economy has been in a nose dive stage for some period now. It has become a critical political economy. Since the economic melt down of 2007, the economy of US has been recuperating with no signals of truce any time soon. Golding and Murdock (1991, p. 18) defines critical political economy along the same line of the present US economy, stating that while mainstream economics sees the economy as a separate and specialized domain, critical political economy is interested in the interplay between economic organization and political, social and cultural life. This leaves the game of economic salvation to the politicians and the business professional. Politicians are essential in the economy for providing checks and balances and passing laws that support the policies put in place to heal the US economy. Business executives on the other hand are responsibl...