Queen Elizabeth II may have expected too much when she famously asked why economists had failed to foresee the disaster, but there is a widespread sense that much of their research turned out to be irrelevant. Worse still, much of the advice proffered by economists was of little use to policymakers seeking to limit the economic and financial fallout.
东京—经济学这个职业还从未有过好危机。伊丽莎白女王二世有过著名的一问：经济学家为何不能预见灾难？她或许要求太高了些，但一个众人皆有的感觉是经济学家的研究有很多属于“无厘头”。更糟糕的是，经济学家所提出的很多建议对于寻求限制经济和金融灾难余波的决策者来说毫无用处。