It&#x27;s not just lawyer-politicians, but economic organisations like the IMF and the ECB. Stiglitz&#x27; book on the subject is excellent, including the anecdote about how we know that their advice is the same whatever the country and situation because someone once forgot to search-and-replace the country name before sending it out.<p>Then there&#x27;s the Rheinhart-Rogoff excel error: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;19&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;krugman-the-excel-depression.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;19&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;krugman-the-excel-...</a>