Elitist view or rational thing?

[Thorne]

But it does not matter because right is whatever the jury or blog reader think.

This is so far beyond right that it's unfathomable. If I can convince some people that the moon is made of green cheese, does that make me right? Hogwash! It just makes me persuasive. That's why we have to rely on evidence, not on rhetoric. But evidence is tedious, boring, dull, and it goes downhill from there. Rhetoric is much more exciting, and much more enjoyable. Entire religions are based upon this, as well as most political systems.

Economy is all about trust and confidence in promises.

Which is why economy cannot be a science. It's far closer to a religion.

So to answer your question - let the economists advise but not decide. Let the president decide based on what astrologer (if any) he believes. Let the people believe the president and then whatever the president said will come to pass.

Oh, yeah. This will work.

How's that for a theory. Didn't take me years, just a crate of beer to come up with that little thesis.

That would have been my guess.