altairprime says >"There aren’t many unintelligent economists..."<
How can you tell? Hell, with a few notable exceptions, maybe the entire field is largely a waste of time and money.
"Show me a successful economist and I'll show you a man who has not made an accurate forecast" - attributed to former United States Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III.
Intelligence doesn’t imply wisdom, nor correctness, nor even common sense. You have to be able to do a certain amount of mental gymnastics to certify as an economics PhD, is all. That doesn’t affect the odds of whether economics is ultimately found to be a waste of time and money, though it’s useful enough at delaying a possible reckoning.
How can you tell? Hell, with a few notable exceptions, maybe the entire field is largely a waste of time and money.
"Show me a successful economist and I'll show you a man who has not made an accurate forecast" - attributed to former United States Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III.