The author's true colors come out when he rails for post-Keynesian economics as an alternative worth studying. As much as economics ("mainstream" or "orthodox

The author's true colors come out when he rails for post-Keynesian economics as an alternative worth studying. As much as economics ("mainstream" or "orthodox economics" is an expression like "allopathic medicine") is a struggling pre-science that has just in the 90s begun to adopt RCTs, etc -- the alternative these people are saying is snake oil. "Post Keynesian economics" isn't even trying -- it's just a justification for the kind of irrationally exuberant policies that caused 2008 in first place.