A solution that will not work is for economists to second-guess how their ideas will be used or misused in public debate and to shade their public statements accordingly. For example, Reinhart and Rogoff might have downplayed their results – such as they were – in order to prevent them from being misused by deficit hawks.
一种不合理的方式是让经济学家凭空猜测他们的理论将如何在公众辩论中被运用甚至滥用，并在公开声明时采取相应的防范措施。比方说，莱因哈特和罗格夫可能故意对自己的研究成果轻描淡写（他们实际也是这样做的），以防止它们被赤字鹰派所利用。但没有多少经济学家能准确判断政治博弈的结果。