[E]conomists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

[E]conomists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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