In cases like this, it's the economist's job to explain where we ought to be headed, and the political scientist's job to explain why we can't get there from here.
Economists are the smartest social scientists.
mnli hypothesis: Economists are the smartest social scientists. premise: In cases like this, it's the economist's job to explain where we ought to be headed, and the political scientist's job to explain why we can't get there from here.