Jim Allen Hightower biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Jim Allen Hightower

Author Name:

Jim Allen Hightower

Born As:

Jim Allen Hightower

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Born:

11 Jan 1943

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Activist and a former Texas Agriculture Commissioner                          
                          
                          
                          
Concepts:

The "Doug Jones Average," a concept created by Jim Hightower, is the proposal that in order to check the true health of the American economy, it is less useful to look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average than it is to check up on how Doug Jones down the street is doing - i.e. the American working class and below. If Doug Jones is on welfare, cannot feed his family, and is three weeks behind on his bills the Doug Jones average is "down". If Doug just got a raise, can pay his bills, and Doug and his family are looking into owning a nice but not too expensive house, the Doug Jones average is "up".