They certainly aren't for everyone, but I don't think this article does much to accurately paint the pros and cons to help someone decide if it's right for them

They certainly aren't for everyone, but I don't think this article does much to accurately paint the pros and cons to help someone decide if it's right for them. Well, in its proper context, the article is a counterpoint to The Economist's entire "Which MBA?" section and/or issue (http://www.economist.com/whichmba/ http://www.economist.com/whichmba/). In the context of an entire section devoted to helping you decide which MBA you should do, this brief argument against doing an MBA at all is a helpful piece of contrarianness. Presented out of context on HN where "MBAs suck" is conventional wisdom rather than contrarian iconoclasticism, though, it loses much of its effect. (In my opinion, as someone with a PhD and 5/32nds of an MBA, the answer to "should I do an MBA" is "Do you want to do an MBA?".)