A weekly column written by Duncan Weldon and produced by the Clark Center for Global Markets. Each week, Weldon explores timely topics of macroeconomic importance.
On Economics and Dentistry
In 1930 John Maynard Keynes wrote of his hopes for the future of his profession. To the modern reader, they seem rather modest. “If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists”, he noted, “that would be splendid”. The humility of the ambition is rather refreshing […]
