Economists’ way of thinking has fallen out of favor among the political class more broadly. The right has embraced Trump’s zero-sum worldview and lost faith in expertise generally. Many progressives have rejected economists’ fundamental focus on trade-offs and the unintended consequences of policy interventions. Both sides are down on the free market.

Unfortunately very accurate analysis.... and grounds for economists to tell both camps to go fuck themselves, further enamoring ourselves to these ideologues