‘Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked’. It’s one of my favourite sayings from the Oracle of Omaha, investor Warren Buffett.
I was thinking of this the other day while reaching the conclusion that my profession – the economics profession – is filled to the gills with illiberal busy-bodies who never seem to hesitate from doling out liberty-sapping recommendations based on their ‘expert’ opinions.
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