Wizards of Wonk
The saintly Paul Krugman (of whom more later) often helpfully tags his columns in the NYT with the descriptor “wonkish”, or “slightly wonkish”, signifying some more or less baffling piece of economics theory. I like ‘wonkish’ more than say, ‘nerdy’, probably because if Krugman likes it, then it’s good enough for me. I mention this…