An economist is an accountant who believes one number causes another. At least that is the result of attending graduate school. That is also why economists in high places are right only occasionally. When they are in fact right it is by accident. One aspect of graduate studies in economics is the disregarding of the most important principles associated with the discipline.
To be a good economist, one must obtain no more than a bachelor’s degree and then read.

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