Oops! And, here I thought economists were just badly educated. It seems to me that Taleb is a bit of a 'yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look'. His comments on economists are amusing, but probably give them too much credit since I have yet to see an economist that is nothing other than an eloquent philosopher that produces words that others use to attain goals that have little to do with economics but are more in the sphere of politics / political spin.