I’m somewhat certain that viewpoint isn’t entirely original to the fifteen people posting it in this thread, but is fairly common among actual economists and has come to prominence precisely because there are still quite a few serious publishers recognizing expertise and connecting it to the public.
It’s the professional media personalities impersonating economists based on their 30-year old mail-order PhDs that give the profession a bad name. Someone giving stock tips on their daily talk radio program is not an economist, almost by definition (the efficient market hypothesis is usually taught in the first semester)
It’s the professional media personalities impersonating economists based on their 30-year old mail-order PhDs that give the profession a bad name. Someone giving stock tips on their daily talk radio program is not an economist, almost by definition (the efficient market hypothesis is usually taught in the first semester)