Economics’ richness has not been reflected in public debate because economists have taken far too much license. Instead of presenting menus of options and listing the relevant trade-offs – which is what economics is about – economists have too often conveyed their own social and political preferences.
经济学的博大精深并不为公众所知道，原因是经济学家们有了太多的特权，经济学的本质是列出可能解决问题的方法，以及有关联的一些折中解决方案，而现在的经济学家只是将自己个人的偏好加在上面，不是运用理性的分析，而是将自己的意识形态，把自己所偏好的选项提交出来。