The dismal science would like a word

Voters Love the Policies That Economists Love to Hate

Eric Maskin, a Harvard economist and a 2007 Nobel laureate, said: “I…blame politicians who know better for not trying harder.” Maskin said he can’t recall an election cycle that reeked so badly of rotten policy. “I think this may be a new low,” he said.

Not partisan, says WSJ.

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