Robert Waldmann has an entertaining jeremiad against the comically wrongheaded way “economic theory” is used in political debates, and what you should think of people who spend a lot of time buttressing their opinions by saying things like “theory implies.”

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.