Economists didn’t simply come up with some speculative ideas; they helped run many of the institutions, both public and private, that ended up being central to the inception and playing out of the crisis. Indeed, just like the notorious revolving door between Wall Street and the U.S. Government, there has been a twirling door between the economics profession and the large firms and banks that run the economy.

Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis …, loc. 498