Brian's schtick boils down to pointing out that sometimes, economists say things over and over again just because they, themselves, have heard them said over an

Brian's schtick boils down to pointing out that sometimes, economists say things over and over again just because they, themselves, have heard them said over and over again - with the added trick (making it much more valuable) of proposing something better-researched than what they keep repeating. I guess that's my point, that this may be one of those. It'd be usual for him if it was.