Heritage Foundation Doubts Bush MBA

crossposted from Moon of Alabama

The Heritage Foundation says Bush's MBA may not be the real thing.

The Reuters report on Ben Bernanke as a possible successor for Alan Greenspan cites William Beach from the conservative Heritage Foundation:

[He] said Bernanke possesses one credential crucial for any Greenspan replacement: The ability to translate econo-speak into plain language.

"Bush is going to want to appoint someone who can sit down with him and speak in a language he understands," Beach said.

According to his official bio

President Bush received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1975.

The second-term Required Courses in the Harvard MBA program includes

Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)

This course introduces tools for studying the economic environment of business to help managers understand the implications for their companies.

Students will learn the impact of: National income and balance of payment accounting; Exchange rate theory; Political regimes

An examination of both the gains and problems arising from regional global integration covers: International trade; Foreign direct investment; Portfolio capital; Global environmental issues

That sounds like an awful lot of econo-speak to me. Heritage's Beach thinks that's not "a language he understands". Thereby Beach doubts the value of Bush's MBA degree?

Someone should ask him.