Friends, I wonder if someone has computed how much would be saved if we shut down economics and political science departments in universities. Those who need to research these subjects can do so on their private time. Society would save tons from errors, of course, and this move would insure long term economic stability, but there has to be a direct saving in tax money subsidizing these people. Any idea?

via Friends, I wonder if someone has… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Facebook. 6/26/13