Evgeny Dainov

A temporarily popular, unorthodox macro counter-indicator is the covers of famous economic publications. When the Economist or BusinessWeek announce on the front page that a certain major trend is beginning or ending – then we can expect exactly the opposite. For example, the aforementioned British publication said in 1999 that the world was “drowning in oil”, shortly before …

Evgeni Dainov, one of the most famous public intellectuals in Bulgaria, published an article a few days ago about the "economists". A text in which he criticizes at length what he describes as the "economic" way of thinking. As someone who considers himself an economist, I was of course intrigued, but unfortunately I was left extremely disappointed...