If the most prominent voices in our profession hadn't decided to be regime apologists to curry favor with the ruling class for the past several decades, perhaps the public would hold us in higher esteem.

can you imagine this sort of insane, unifying national fervor today, 

I was thinking about how crazy it would seem if all our best athletes were shipped off to war. That actually happened within living memory for some folks.

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No Matter Who Wins the Midterms, Economics Will Lose (TFP, Tyler Cowen)

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If the most prominent voices in our profession hadn't decided to be regime apologists to curry favor with the ruling class for the past several decades, perhaps the public would hold us in higher esteem.

> **can you imagine this sort of insane, unifying national fervor today, *raising funds for war?!***

I was thinking about how crazy it would seem if all our best athletes were shipped off to war. That actually happened within living memory for some folks.