Indeed. Take Brexit. Government economists stated as fact that there would be 400,000 job losses following a vote to leave (note: the vote, not actually leaving

Indeed. Take Brexit. Government economists stated as fact that there would be 400,000 job losses following a vote to leave (note: the vote, not actually leaving itself). Absolute bloodbath. Reality: the economy grew. Everyone knows economists say what they're paid to say, which is why they're so often ignored. Oddly, the people who tend to understand that best are often the ones derided as the "uneducated" voters and the people who continue to cling to their faith in economic modelling despite all the evidence it's worthless are often the "educated".