10 things economists won't tell you

[InRareForm]

http://www.marke ch.com/story/10-..._story_popular

[angrydude]

Agree with most of that.

[RandomGuy]

Agree with most of that.

“We may as well be speaking Klingon.”

If you laid all economists out end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion...

[boutons_deux]

and they won't tell you they are full of bull (eg, Greespan's overwhelming belief that markets are efficient and self-regulating), and

they MUST NEVER publicly disagree with the Fed and Treasury if they want advance their careers as economists, since the Fed and Treasury hand out nearly all the $$$ for papers, speeches, studies, etc, etc.