Inspect the websites of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and you’ll find vague, skimpy descriptions of their policy positions, especially economic policy positions. It wasn’t ever thus. Candidates of both parties used to put out detailed economic blueprints. In the 2012 presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney offered a book-length description of his economic policy.
None of that this year. Brian Riedl, an economic policy expert at the Manhattan Institute think tank, says that now, “candidates don't want to provide details because details get shot at.” But business leaders deserve answers, and some leaders may even get opportunities to talk with Harris and Trump directly. Here are the five most urgent business-themed questions that they—and they rest of us—deserve answers to.
