David Brooks makes a lucid point (notice how surprised I seem?):

"Many of the psychologists, artists and moral philosophers I know are liberal, so it seems strange that American liberalism should adopt an economic philosophy that excludes psychology, emotion and morality."

I've often wondered why it is such a stretch for the creative, liberal types to understand the effects of ever-shifting government policies on the marketplace - the devastating economic results of policy uncertainty. 

Brooks goes on:

"Conservatives, who are usually stereotyped as narrow-eyed business-school types, have gone all Oprah-esque in trying to argue against these liberals. If the government borrows trillions of dollars, this will increase public anxiety and uncertainty, the conservatives worry. The liberal technicians brush aside this soft-headed mush. These psychological concerns are mythological, they say. That’s gaseous blathering from those who lack quantitative rigor."

Read the Brooks piece here.

Thanks, David.