It’s easy to give economists a hard time. Like academics, it’s hard to figure out what they really do besides sit around and think about the economy. They don’t run businesses or make anything useful. Of course most big corporations have one on the payroll to look into the crystal ball and we all know that we need a few tame economists to deliver stern warnings during market bubbles and to run the Fed. But can you name a single thing that an economist has ever done that actually benefits you? (I’m going to lay off the potential downside...