MIT's Jonathan Gruber on Federal Payroll for $300K While Defending Health Care Reform

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber has frequently been cited as a "go to" academic defender of health care reform.

But today Megan McArdle, writing for the Atlantic, reports that Gruber has been receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the current administration:

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber has become the go-to economist for fans of the health care reform wending its way through congress. He regularly produces analyses showing how great reform is going to be for people buying insurance in...