Your cabinet

[RI]

Some mix of top Keynesian (though not exclusively) economists; top researchers, professors, and engineers; some socially conservative Democrats; and perhaps a couple activist theologian types. As for who specifically, I have no idea. Probably not many politicians.

[RI]

Alright, here's a poor attempt at assembling a cabinet:

State: Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Treasury: Stephany Griffith-Jones
Defense: Joe Sestak (D-VA)
Justice: Richard Cordray (D-OH)
Interior: Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)
Agriculture: Amartya Sen
Commerce: Roger Myerson
Labor: Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Health and Human Services: Jonathan Gruber
Housing and Urban Development: Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Transportation: Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
Energy: Karen Polenske
Education: Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Veterans Affairs: John McCain (R-AZ)
Homeland Security: Heath Shuler (D-NC)

Vice President: Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
EPA Chief: Elinor Ostrom
Federal Reserve Chairman: Robert Shiller
Council of Economic Advisors: Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Elizabeth Warren, Beet