He briefly taught economics, but had apparently set his sights on being an economics "commentator and pundit" (seems redundant) long before when he entered grad

He briefly taught economics, but had apparently set his sights on being an economics "commentator and pundit" (seems redundant) long before when he entered grad school. Like most economics bloggers/columnists, he seems to consider himself an expert on absolutely everything. Tiresome it might be, but perhaps HN isn't the best place from which to throw stones. ;)