The chirping economist

'Their comments pertain to government policy. Some praise it, others criticise it', says the author

It’s hard to say exactly how many economists the world has produced in the past 200 years.  

But one thing is for sure: Most of them have joined the profession after 1945. That’s when economics became an assembly-line factory.

Like all normal people, 99.9 per cent of them have political opinions, which they express only privately. But a very tiny number align themselves with this political party or that. That’s ok, too.

This alignment happens when they get tired of academic anonymity and want to be recognised as fellows who can, or will, quickly change the world. The consequence is instant analysis by