In a deep dive into Clinton's economic policies and messaging, Jim Tankersley makes two main points: 1) her package of proposals is detailed, nuanced and backed by mounds of think-tank research, and 2) hard to grasp.
On the first point:
Clinton's presidential policy apparatus began with a small group of formal and informal advisers conducting what amounted to a research project on what is wrong with the American economy — and how to fix it. They interviewed about 200 experts.
What she has released so far is the distilled product of that effort.
