Laurence Kotlikoff is an enconomics professor at Boston University. He is planning to run for president as a third-party candidate. "I think I may be the first economist to run for president," Kotlikoff said. "We see economists now running Greece and Italy. It's not everyday that an economist decides to work this way for his country -- but I'm one of those cases."
He has never ran for public office and he wants a secure place on the 2012 ballot as an independent. He plans on doing this through a new online nomination, website: AmericansElect.org.
He is the author of 15 books and a regular columnist for Bloomberg.com. He also served as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, central banks and international agencies.
He is centering on his plan called the "Purple Plan" and is hoping it will appeal to both parties. (Blue Democrats and Red Republicans). People are questioning whether a nonpartisan candidate could have a serious change of winning. There at 165 other people that are on file with the Federal Election Commission as presidential candidates.
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