If an arsonist burned down every forest in North America, then had the stones to give interviews in which he complained about air pollution, we'd properly call

If an arsonist burned down every forest in North America, then had the stones to give interviews in which he complained about air pollution, we'd properly call him a dangerous nut and lock him up for life. Apparently if you're an economist and you do the same thing, you are instead given the world's most powerful job.