Our correspondent tells me that they are flattered that you think they're an economist, but it's not quite correct.

Also, they have a slot for "a 700/1200 word piece in a respected publication" if we can boil this down by tomorrow evening. We're a bit on the high end for length, and will need to tone down the more colourful language, but it should be doable.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.