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A progressive group of economists on whose theories the Moon Jae-in administration based its economic policies have turned into harsh critics of the government. Their focus is equitable distribution of wealth rather than solely pursuing economic growth, but in a seminar last week, they attacked Moon s failed attempt to stimulate private spending by hiking the minimum wage and to tame rising apartment prices by slapping punitive taxes on multiple home owners. They said Moon s policy gambles created many problems and led to lost credibility. They also accused the president of being a populist by bypassing feasibility studies in the construction of a new airport on Gadeok Island near Busan to buy votes in Korea s second city, and banning the Tada ride-hailing app due to opposition from the taxi-driver lobby. If even these loyal mandarins are turning on the president, something must be seriously amiss. Of this cabal, only former presidential policy secretary
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