Robert Skidelsky (tisti profesor z lordskim naslovom, ki je napisal slovito biografijo Johna Maynarda Keynesa) je pred Božičem objavil podoben komentar o intelektualnem stanju sodobnih ekonomistov kot jaz pred dnevi. In sicer, da so ekonomisti plehki, da niso prebrali skoraj nobene leposlovne knjige, da njihov curriculum zajema zgolj kratek tehnični “šnelkurs” z matematičnimi izpeljavami. Namesto da so kot znanstveniki široko razgledane kompletne osebnosti s klasično izobrazbo, in s tem sposobni vsebinske analize ekonomskih problemov v konkretnem družbenem kontekstu, so zgolj avtistični fahidioti, idiotski učenjaki, ki so prepričani, da je delovanje kompleksnega gospodarstva mogoče zapisati v treh enačbah.
So why did they miss the storm? This was exactly the question Queen Elizabeth of Britain asked a group of economists in 2008. Most of them wrung their hands. It was “a failure of the collective imagination of many bright people,” they explained.
But some economists supported a dissenting – and much more damning – verdict, one that focused on the failure of economics education. Most economics students are not required to study psychology, philosophy, history, or politics. They are spoon-fed models of the economy, based on unreal assumptions, and tested on their competence in solving mathematical equations. They are never given the mental tools to grasp the whole picture.



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