Thomas Humphrey writes:


Who is an "economist?"
Jacob Viner for one.
He coined the definition "Economics is what economists do."
Other definitions of the subject abound.
But Viner's is as good as any.

If Humphrey is right, then economics is a tautology.  Unfortunately that is
true of major parts of it, but if I am right about that the proper response
is to remake it, and certainly not to brag about it!