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For economists

By Al Schumann on Friday August 7, 2009 03:36 PM

Shorter Samuel Brittan.

The findings are in: for actually existing economists, a knowledge of the economy is impractical, and irrelevant to their careers.

To my way of thinking, this makes them perfect for guiding, overseeing and opining on actually existing capitalism.

Comments (3)

op:

blaiming the macro public policy guiding econ cons
near the seats of power
at least implies
these merlins are there to be merlins
bad merlins maybe but merlins
not fruit bowl jugglers double talkers
temple pets and in the last analysis
scape goats

the parish priests at the college 101 level
are of course
catechism instructors
or
better perhaps the latin teachers
to
our perfunctorily cultivated
lower ranks of the merit hierarchy
the memo writing middle mangeriat

hey at least after a dose or two
of 101 102
a poor favored local cuss
can think he know what
the cone hats in washington
are gibbering about
when job markets crumble in the heart land

Al Schumann:

Indeed. Brittan harrumphs a bit of truth. The econ cons in private practice are there for client relations. The econ cons in public practice are there for consumer relations. They're talismans, and sometimes salesmen. Court Merlins. Sockpuppet Merlins. The kids going into it, bless their sociopathic little hearts, consider knowledge of the obfuscatory math the most important subject in their credentialing process.

op:

College level
Engineering math is the sacred language

for
Novitiates
Its the sacerdotal cipher
They must aquire

Needless to add
The models
Mystify
screen and. Reassure
All at the same time

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