Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused 2 of history's most famous economists and ended up name checking the most ridiculed town in the UK

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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused the names of two famous economists on Friday and inadvertently called out an infamous UK town.
• In her Instagram story the Congresswoman set out a prediction about the US economy she said was made by "Milton Keynes."
• It was actually made by John Maynard Keynes, and Ocasio-Cortez said she confused him with Milton Freidman, the American free market economist.
• Milton Keynes is an oft-ridiculed town 50 miles north of London that has long been maligned and the butt of jokes over its reputation as the most uninspiring example of post-war town planning.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez inadvertently name-checked one of the UK's most-ridiculed towns on Friday by confusing two of history's most famous economists.

"I was just reading today about how Milton Keynes, a famous economist back in the day, predicted that by 2030 US GDP would grow six to eight times what it is, which would allow for everyday people to work 15 hours a week," Ocasio-Cortez said on her Instagram story.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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