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"I’m not saying that arguments based on rationality are necessarily wrong in particular cases. I’m just trying to understand how pop-economics can so rapidly swing back and forth between opposing positions. And I think it’s coming from the comforting presence of rationality and efficiency in both formulations. It’s ok to distinguish economists from ordinary people and it’s also ok to distinguish economists from other social scientists . You just have to be careful not to make both arguments in the same paragraph."
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